title: Case report. Unsuspected and widespread colon cancer in a young woman.
abstract: Liver and lung metastasis and local lymph node invasion are reported in a 26-year-old Brazilian woman with an asymptomatic colon cancer. She was admitted complaining of right upper quadrant pain, and the diagnostic procedures revealed an unsuspected adenocarcinoma (stage IV) in the descending colon. This malignancy is more frequent in patients older than 40 years, but it usually follows a more aggressive course in young people. Late detection of colon cancer usually results in worst prognosis [corrected]
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Armed Forces Hospital (HFA), Brasilia-DF, Brazil. vitorinomodesto@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vitorino Modesto
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Elaine Pereira Barbiéri
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Jacira
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Azevedo Cortes
authors.forename: Ernesto Misael Cintra
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Osterne
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging