A Case of Colon Cancer with Ovarian Metastasis Mimicking Acute Diverticulitis.
- Author:
Ji Hyun YOON
1
;
Jung Soo PARK
;
Da Hyun JUNG
;
Jie Hyun KIM
;
Young Hoon YOON
;
Hyojin PARK
;
Sang In LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. otilia94@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acute diverticulitis;
Colon cancer;
Colonoscopy
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Abscess;
Adult;
Colon;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Colonoscopy;
Diverticulitis;
Diverticulitis, Colonic;
Diverticulosis, Colonic;
Female;
Fever;
Fistula;
Humans;
Neoplasm Metastasis
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2012;82(4):459-464
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Colonic diverticulitis develops in 10-25% of patients with colonic diverticulosis. Most patients complain of lower abdominal pain and fever. The complications of diverticulitis are abscess, fistula, bowel obstruction, free perforation, and panperitonitis. The relationship between diverticulitis and colon cancer is complicated and conflicted. We report a 35-year-old woman diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, who initially presented with acute colonic diverticulitis in the same location 3 months earlier. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of colon cancer with ovarian metastasis presenting as acute diverticulitis.
