Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma of the Colon during Pregnancy.
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.
Shoji
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Departments of Surgery, Shizuoka Municipal Shimizu Hospital, Shizuoka City, Japan.
Sakurai
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Misumi
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Matsuda
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Terada
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