title: Colonic carcinoma: a case report in a child and review literature.
abstract: This article reports one case of child colonic carcinoma. This is a rare disease in children which usually occurs in predisposing conditions, e.g. ulcerative colitis, familial polyposis coli, Gardner's syndrome, Turcot's syndrome and Peutz-Jegher's syndrome. The patient in this report was 12 years old. He presented with chronic intermittent colicky abdominal pain and uncorrectable iron deficiency anemia for 7 months prior to definite diagnosis. This report also reviews the literature about colorectal carcinoma in children. Physicians can make an early diagnosis with a high index of suspicion if they cannot explain clearly what causes abdominal pain. Further investigations should be performed, thereby, avoiding delayed diagnosis and improving survival rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ukarapol
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wongsawasdi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singhavejsakul
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D005472:Fluorouracil