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Case Reports
. 2012 Jan;5(1):17-21.
doi: 10.1159/000335682. Epub 2012 Jan 7.

Colon cancer perforation presenting as a strangulating ventral hernia

Pavlos Lampropoulos  1 , Emmanouil Liarmakopoulos, Charalambos Markakis, Mavroudis Voultsos, Tammy Rosen Marinou, Athanasios Marinis, Andreas Hadjimarkou, Spyros Rizos
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Colon cancer perforation presenting as a strangulating ventral hernia

Pavlos Lampropoulos et al. Case Rep Oncol. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of death from malignant disease. Despite improvements in the treatment modalities offered to patients, more than half of the operated patients die from the disease. The most common presenting symptoms of colonic carcinoma are changes in bowel habits, bleeding, abdominal pain, abdominal mass, stools mixed with mucus or not, weight loss, anorexia, and other characteristics related to metastasis. Here, the case of a 74-year-old female patient with colon cancer perforation presenting as a strangulating ventral hernia and a mini-review of the current literature are presented.

Keywords: Colon cancer; Perforation; Unusual presentation of cancer.

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Fig. 1
US examination demonstrating an intestinal loop with no peristalsis.
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Fig. 2
Intraoperative photograph demonstrating colon perforation.
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Fig. 3
Intraoperative photograph demonstrating colon perforation.
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