title: Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma of the Colon during Pregnancy.
abstract: A rare case of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the cecum in a pregnant woman is described. A 32-year-old Korean woman was diagnosed as having an abdominal tumor immediately after giving birth. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated a smooth mass measuring 10 cm in diameter on the right side of the abdomen. Acute abdomen developed 3 days after birth. At emergency surgery, volvulus of a polypoid tumor was detected at the cecum apart from the normal appendix. We successfully performed a tumorectomy; however, histopathological examination demonstrated mucinous adenocarcinoma with a massive blood clot.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery, Shizuoka Municipal Shimizu Hospital, Shizuoka City, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Misumi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terada