title: Case Report of the Descending Colon Located Completely in the Right Extraperitoneal Cavity and Sigmoid Colon Located in the Right Quadrant in a Patient with a Splenic Flexure Tumor: a Rare Anomaly.
abstract: Cases in which congenital anomalies of the colon and colon tumors are observed together are very rare. The aim of this article is to present a splenic flexure tumor case, which possessed the anomaly of the descending colon in the right extraperitoneal space and the sigmoid colon located in the right quadrant. Similar findings have previously been reported in two cases in cadaveric studies.
authors: Department of General Surgery, Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, 35360 Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Haldun
authors: H
authors: Kar
authors: Department of Radiology, Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, 35360 Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Sebnem
authors: S
authors: Karasu
authors: Department of General Surgery, Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, 35360 Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Halis
authors: H
authors: Bag
authors: Department of General Surgery, Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, 35360 Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Necat
authors: N
authors: Cin
authors: Department of General Surgery, Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, 35360 Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Evren
authors: E
authors: Durak
authors: Department of General Surgery, Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, 35360 Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Yasin
authors: Y
authors: Peker
authors: Department of General Surgery, Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, 35360 Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Fatma Atalay
authors: FA
authors: Tatar
keywords: Anatomy; Anomaly; Colon cancer; Descending colon; Sigmoid colon