A Case of Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma ofthe Colon in a Child.
- Author:
Dae Sung OH
1
;
Kyung Hee HAN
;
Jee Youn SHIN
;
Jeong Ok SHIM
;
Ji Sook PARK
;
Hye Ran YANG
;
Jae Sung KO
;
Hee Young SHIN
;
Hyo Seop AHN
;
Kwi Won PARK
;
Gyeong Hoon KANG
;
Jung Eun CHUN
;
Wu Seon KIM
;
Jeong Kee SEO
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jkseo@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Signet ring cell carcinoma;
Colorectal adenocarcinoma;
Child
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Adenocarcinoma;
Adolescent;
Back Pain;
Biopsy;
Bone Marrow;
Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell*;
Child*;
Colon*;
Colon, Sigmoid;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Colonoscopy;
Colorectal Neoplasms;
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Male;
Mucins;
Scalp;
Thigh;
Weight Loss
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
2007;10(1):76-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Colorectal carcinomas are extremely rare in childhood and adolescence; however, the colon is the most common site of a gastrointestinal carcinoma. Mucin secreting adenocarcinomas with signet ring formation is the most common type of colon cancer identified in children. An 11-year-old boy had abdominal pain and weight loss for three months, back pain and left thigh pain for two months, and hematochezia for four days. Colonoscopy showed an annular mass in the sigmoid colon and the histopathology revealed a signet ring cell carcinoma. A metastatic signet ring cell carcinoma was suspected from the findings of the bone scan, and confirmed later by a left scalp mass incisional biopsy and a bone marrow biopsy. We report a case of a metastatic signet ring cell carcinoma of the colon in a child.
