title: Mucinous adenocarcinoma of rectum in an 11-year-old boy: a case report.
abstract: Colorectal carcinoma in pediatric population is relatively rare (<1% of all cancers in first two decades) and behaves aggressively as compared with the same in adult population. We report a case of 11-year-old adolescent male, who presented with pain abdomen and melena. Fine-needle aspiration cytology from the growth in rectum revealed mucinous adenocarcinomas, which was later confirmed on histopathology. The patient also had positive peritoneal fluid cytology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytology and Gynecological Pathology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Pallavi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajwanshi
authors.forename: Nalini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: K L N
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology*; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*