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Case Reports
. 2007 Aug 29;1(1):77-83.
doi: 10.1159/000107470.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the descending colon: report of a case and literature review

Hidenori Miyamoto  1 , Masanori Nishioka, Nobuhiro Kurita, Junko Honda, Kouzou Yoshikawa, Jun Higashijima, Tomohiko Miyatani, Yoshimi Bandou, Mitsuo Shimada
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Case Reports

Squamous cell carcinoma of the descending colon: report of a case and literature review

Hidenori Miyamoto et al. Case Rep Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

It is very rare that squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arises from colorectal epithelium. An 89-year-old man was treated in 2001 with chief complaints of anorexia, abdominal pain, and low grade fever. The histological diagnosis as SCC was determined by biopsy during a colonoscopy. We diagnosed primary SCC of the colon because except in the colon no malignant lesions were found by systemic CT. Surgical complete resection was performed. However, he died three months after surgical resection because of hepatic metastasis and cachexia. The prognosis of this disease seems to be worse than that of adenocarcinoma.

Keywords: Colon; Prognosis; Squamous cell carcinoma.

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Fig. 1
Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed a large heterogeneous mass involving the colon at the splenic flexure and swelling lymph nodes.
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Fig. 2
Macroscopic appearance. The resected specimen was a huge mass of 11.0 × 8.0 cm.
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Fig. 3
a Primary tumor showing weak squamous change, demonstrating moderately differentiated SCC. Original magnification ×100. HE stain. b Metastatic lymph node showing metastatic, moderately differentiated SCC. Original magnification ×100. HE stain.
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