Cancer of the colon spleen angle. Presentation of a case.

Authors

  • Yariana Martínez Sánchez Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico José Ramón López Tabrane. Matanzas
  • Nereida De la Rosa Pérez Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico José Ramón López Tabrane. Matanzas
  • Renato E Barceló Casanova Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico José Ramón López Tabrane. Matanzas
  • José Antonio Rodríguez González Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico José Ramón López Tabrane. Matanzas
  • Nereida Rosa Estorino Escaig Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico José Ramón López Tabrane. Matanzas

Keywords:

DYSPEPSIA; ENEMA; CONSTRICTION; PATHOLOGIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARIAN CYSTS; HUMANS; FEMALE; AGED; CASE REPORTS

Abstract

The colon cancer is currently an important public health problem in developed countries. It is the fourth most common cancer in the world. We report the case of a 65-years-old, black, female patient, assisting our consultation with dyspeptic disturbances as the unique symptom, without known risk factors. We indicated a colon by enema and a distal narrowing was observed at the colon spleen angle, at the same zone of the physiologic narrowing at that level. A colonoscopy was carried out diagnosing a left colon tumor near the spleen angle. It was operated with segmental resection of the spleen angle and a biopsy was made. Pathologic anatomy informed a well-differentiated colon adenocarcinoma.

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Martínez Sánchez Y, De la Rosa Pérez N, Barceló Casanova RE, Rodríguez González JA, Estorino Escaig NR. Cancer of the colon spleen angle. Presentation of a case. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 10 [cited 2026 Apr. 3];32(1):67-70. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/701

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Presentation of cases

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