title: Abdominal wall abscess due to penetrating caecal cancer: an unusual presentation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The common presentations of caecal cancer are anaemia, weight loss and obstructive symptoms. Caecal cancer perforation and abscess formation are rare and mostly intra- or retroperitoneal.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of abdominal wall abscess secondary to penetrating caecal cancer, the inability of computed tomography scan in aiding the diagnosis and successful surgical excision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When caecal cancer presents atypically, the preoperative diagnosis is difficult, but complete excision is possible even with abdominal wall penetration.
authors.affiliation: FTSA 3, Department of surgery, Crosshouse Hospital, KA2 2OE, Kilmarnock, Scotland, UK. mgirivasan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Girivasan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muthukumarasamy
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed