A Case of an Adenocarcinoid Tumor in the Cecum.
10.3393/jksc.2007.23.3.199
- Author:
Seung Hyun LEE
1
;
Byung Kwon AHN
;
Sung Uhn BAEK
;
Seun Ja PARK
;
Hee Kyung CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. gsabk@ns.kosinmed.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Adenocarcinoid;
Cecal tumor
- MeSH:
Male;
Humans;
Adenocarcinoma;
Neoplasm Metastasis
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
2007;23(3):199-202
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
An adenocarcinoid of the cecum is a tumor that has seldom been reported in the literature. Its has the histologic features of both an adenocarcinoma and a carcinoid tumor. However, the malignancy potential and the prognostic behavior are still unclear. We treated one patient with this unusual tumor. A 64-year-old man was admitted with a complaint of right lower quadrant abdominal pain for 2 months. On colonoscopy and histological examination, the patient was diagnosed as having a cecal adenocarcinoma. A radical right hemicolectomy was done. Postoperative histologic analysis revealed that the tumor was composed of well-differentiated adenocacinoma and carcinoid components. Lymph node metastases were found in the three lymph nodes with only the carcinoid component.
