Mucinous Colorectal Carcinoma in a 17-Year-Old Male: A Diagnosis with Low Clinical Index of Suspicion
Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is commonly found in adults. CRC in the pediatric population is extremely rare. Usually, CRC is diagnosed in children at advanced stage due to a low clinical index of suspicion. Mucinous type of CRC and its signet ring variant are the most common histological types which c...
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| description | Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is commonly found in adults. CRC in the pediatric population is extremely rare. Usually, CRC is diagnosed in children at advanced stage due to a low clinical index of suspicion. Mucinous type of CRC and its signet ring variant are the most common histological types which carry very poor clinical outcomes. This paper reports a 17-year-old male who presented with mild pallor and a 3-month history of abdominal pain accompanied with a mass on the left lower quadrant, and it was then confirmed histologically to be mucinous CRC of signet ring variant. This paper will help to raise awareness among the physicians and pediatricians in including CRC in the preliminary workouts for the purpose of shortening the delay for diagnosis which in turn would compromise the prognosis of the patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a2339322ddef4020a17ccd72e34526f12025-02-03T07:23:50ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112019-01-01201910.1155/2019/63715796371579Mucinous Colorectal Carcinoma in a 17-Year-Old Male: A Diagnosis with Low Clinical Index of SuspicionJames Joseph Yahaya0Edward Ketson Msokwa1Alex Mremi2Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences (CHS), The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, TanzaniaDepartment of Surgery, College of Health Sciences (CHS), The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, TanzaniaDepartment of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Kilimanjaro, TanzaniaColorectal carcinoma (CRC) is commonly found in adults. CRC in the pediatric population is extremely rare. Usually, CRC is diagnosed in children at advanced stage due to a low clinical index of suspicion. Mucinous type of CRC and its signet ring variant are the most common histological types which carry very poor clinical outcomes. This paper reports a 17-year-old male who presented with mild pallor and a 3-month history of abdominal pain accompanied with a mass on the left lower quadrant, and it was then confirmed histologically to be mucinous CRC of signet ring variant. This paper will help to raise awareness among the physicians and pediatricians in including CRC in the preliminary workouts for the purpose of shortening the delay for diagnosis which in turn would compromise the prognosis of the patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6371579 |
| spellingShingle | James Joseph Yahaya Edward Ketson Msokwa Alex Mremi Mucinous Colorectal Carcinoma in a 17-Year-Old Male: A Diagnosis with Low Clinical Index of Suspicion Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Mucinous Colorectal Carcinoma in a 17-Year-Old Male: A Diagnosis with Low Clinical Index of Suspicion |
| title_full | Mucinous Colorectal Carcinoma in a 17-Year-Old Male: A Diagnosis with Low Clinical Index of Suspicion |
| title_fullStr | Mucinous Colorectal Carcinoma in a 17-Year-Old Male: A Diagnosis with Low Clinical Index of Suspicion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mucinous Colorectal Carcinoma in a 17-Year-Old Male: A Diagnosis with Low Clinical Index of Suspicion |
| title_short | Mucinous Colorectal Carcinoma in a 17-Year-Old Male: A Diagnosis with Low Clinical Index of Suspicion |
| title_sort | mucinous colorectal carcinoma in a 17 year old male a diagnosis with low clinical index of suspicion |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6371579 |
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