https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/460812
Title: | Bowel Obstruction Caused by Colorectal Cancer Masquerading as Extrinsic Compression of Benign Gynecologic Tumors: A Report of Two Cases | Authors: | Hsu W.-C CHI-HAU CHEN RUEY-JIEN CHEN SONG-NAN CHOW |
Issue Date: | 2004 | Journal Volume: | 43 | Journal Issue: | 1 | Start page/Pages: | 50-52 | Source: | Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Republic of China = Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Abstract: | Objective: We report two cases of lower abdominal tumor with acute bowel obstruction. Preoperatively, gynecologic tumors were considered to be the cause. However, colorectal cancer was discovered during exploratory laparotomy. Case Reports: An 81-year-old obese woman suffered from lower abdominal pain for some days, and there had been no stool passage for 2 weeks. Plain abdominal film revealed a dilated bowel lumen. A right ovarian cystic tumor was noted from pelvic sonography. The bowel obstruction was considered to be a result of external compression of the ovarian tumor. However, adenocarcinoma of the colon with lymph nodes and right ovary metastasis was confirmed by exploratory laparotomy. In the second case, a 45-year-old obese woman had problems with changed bowel habit (diarrhea and frequency) in the last 6 months. A huge uterus above the umbilicus with multiple myomas were revealed by pelvic sonography. Plain abdominal film showed a distended bowel lumen. Multiple huge exophytic myomatous masses in the uterus and metastatic adenocarcinoma to the left ovary were confirmed at laparotomy. Conclusion: Although a lower abdominal tumor with bowel obstruction can be considered to be a result of a gynecologic tumor by physical examination and sonography, colorectal cancer should be included in the differential diagnosis. ? 2004 Taiwan Association of Obstetric & Gynecology. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/460812 | ISSN: | 1028-4559 | DOI: | 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60056-5 |
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