title: [A case of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon presenting with psoas abscess].
abstract: A colon cancer presenting as psoas muscle abscess is very rare. A 27-year-old woman was admitted with abdominal pain, fever, and discomfort on left thigh. She had been administered on anti-tuberculosis medication for colonic tuberculosis since 3 months ago. Abdominal CT scan revealed a mass lesion obstructing the descending colon with an abscess formation within left psoas muscle. We undertook segmental resection of obstructing descending colon after the percutaneous drainage of psoas abscess. The pathologic report was mucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon. We report the first case of colon cancer manifested with psoas abscess in Korea, with the review of literature associated with the correlation of colon cancer and tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kang Nyeong
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hang Lak
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jai Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Seung Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Oh Young
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byung Chul
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Ho Soon
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Joon Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hahm
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy; D044683:Colon, Descending; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed