title: A common symptom of an uncommon disease.
abstract: Cancer of the colon is the second most common visceral cancer in the United States (lung cancer is the first). It is usually diagnosed in patients older than 40 years, with a peak incidence at 70 years of age. Rarely, are cases seen in the pediatric population. In this study, we report a case of a 13-year-old girl with an 11-month history of intermittent abdominal pain whose diagnosis was delayed due to vague symptoms and a low index of suspicion for this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY 10451, USA. dvmsia@yahoo.com.ph
authors.forename: Valerie May
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Sia
authors.forename: Dominic C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Sia
authors.forename: Darrell J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Middlesworth
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: Govinda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paudel
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kigongo-Mwesezi
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rivlin
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Leggiadro
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed