title: [Colorectal adenocarcinoma in a 5 year old girl].
abstract: Colorectal adenocarcinoma is exceptional in children, generally diagnosed in advanced stages, with worse prognosis. We report the case of a 5 year old girl with isolated hematochezia lasting two months without other findings, in whom a colorectal adenocarcinoma was confirmed by colonoscopy. Staging revealed localized disease, extending to perisigmoid fat and a few adjacent ganglia. She was treated by laparoscopic resection and adjuvant chemotherapy, being free of disease at 21 moths of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterologia, Hepatología y Nutrición, Sanatorio de Niños.
authors.forename: Alejandro B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Pais
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterologia, Hepatología y Nutrición, Sanatorio de Niños.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Candarle
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Sanatorio Parque, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
authors.forename: Marisol
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterologia, Hepatología y Nutrición, Sanatorio de Niños.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costaguta
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Sanatorio Parque, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tabacco
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans