title: Metastatic colon carcinoma found within an enterocele sac: a case report.
abstract: The incidental finding of cancer in a hernial sac is rare, but there are many case reports in the literature. There has never been a report of carcinoma found in an enterocele sac. We present the case of a 77-year-old female with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse who presented for reconstructive pelvic surgery and was found to have metastatic adenocarcinoma contained within an enterocele sac. Incidental diagnosis of asymptomatic carcinoma found on typically discarded tissue from surgical procedures is rare. However, routine pathologic review of all tissue removed from a patient may save a life if carcinoma is found early.
authors.affiliation: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, Cooper Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA. oyamai@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ian A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: Adam S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Holzberg
authors.forename: Marvin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Terry Grody
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Maccarone
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D014596:Uterine Prolapse