title: Colorectal carcinoma in a ten-year-old girl: a case report.
abstract: Colorectal carcinoma is very rare in childhood. In this case report, we depict a ten-year-old girl who presented with features of intestinal obstruction which turned out to be due to poorly differentiated mucin secreting adenocarcinoma of descending colon. Only increased awareness of this malignancy in this age-group and a high index of suspicion can help when a child complains of persistent pain of abdomen, altered bowel habits or rectal bleeding, and may provide diagnosis at an earlier stage, thereby improving the prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India. sarbanichattopadhyay@yahoo.co
authors.forename: Sarbani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: Phalguni
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Ranen Kanti
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Aich
authors.forename: Asit Ranjan
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Deb
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002648:Child; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016896:Treatment Outcome