Presentation
Recurrent abdominal pain in the last month.
Patient Data
Age: 50 years
Gender: Male
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Focal thickening of the colonic wall in the proximal transverse colon with luminal narrowing.
Case Discussion
The patient had a segment with colonoscopy and biopsy, which revealed that it was a colonic adenocarcinoma (pathological confirmation).
Colorectal cancers can be found anywhere from the cecum to the rectum, in the following distribution:
- recto-sigmoid : 55%
- cecum and ascending colon : 22%
- transverse colon : 11%
- descending colon : 6%