title: Bony metaplasia in a caecum adenocarcinoma.
abstract: Ectopic bone formation in the digestive tract is a very rare phenomenon in pathology. Most cases of bone metaplasia were found in distal colon tumors, rectum and sigmoid respectively. We present a case of well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the caecum (the second case of literature) associated with bone metaplasia, which debuted atypical, with symptoms of infectious enterocolitis, in a 72-year-old female patient, with no history of digestive pathology. Highlighting bone metaplasia was achieved by current histological techniques. Patient's evolution was favorable with surgical treatment and chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2-4 Petru Rareş Street, Craiova, Romania. laurentiu_mogoanta@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mogoantă
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meşină
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Streba
authors.forename: Anca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Predescu
authors.forename: Garofiţa Olivia
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Mateescu
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muţiu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mogoantă
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008679:Metaplasia / Q000473:pathology