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Angiography in colonic carcinoma.

Angiography of the mesenteric arteries was performed in 17 patients with adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum. At angiography, the marginal artery was encased in 13 patients and 10 of these were surgically unresectable while three could be resected radically. Encasement of the mesenteric arterial branches was found in seven of 11 unresectable tumors and in two of five resectable tumors. The resectability of colonic carcinoma cannot be established by means of angiography but in two patients with recurrent colonic carcinoma, barium-enema examinations were negative, while infiltrated vessels were demonstrated by angiography and the carcinomas were verified at surgery. Four patients received intra-arterial chemotherapy with mitomycin C. In one of these, a slight decrease in tumor size was noted, while in the others no change was noted.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Concurrent colonic carcinoma and small-bowel carcinoid tumor. Case reports and review of the literature.

Recent reviews stressing the existence of synchronous and metachronous noncarcinoid neoplastic lesions in the same segment of an organ stimulated a review of experience with simultaneous small-bowel carcinoids and colonic carcinoma. Four cases of colonic malignancy associated with small-bowel carcinoid are presented. Included are cases with multiple carcinoids and concurrent multiple carcinomas; two metachronous carcinomas with subsequent ileal carcinoids, and three cases explored for colonic carcinoma with the discovery of incidental ileal carcinoids. There are few reports describing this variety of situations. The occurrence of concurrent malignant lesions, particularly more than one metachronous lesion in primary carcinoid cases, is uncommon.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Steroid receptors and the distribution of IR-carcinoembryonic antigen in colonic cancer.

Twenty-five colonic cancer tissues were studied for the presence of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER, PR) and the distribution of immunoreactive carcinoembryonic antigen (IR-CEA). ER and PR were determined in 6 (24 per cent) and 3 (12 per cent), respectively, of 25 patients with colonic cancer. Of the six patients with ER, five were females, four of whom were postmenopausal. Steroid receptors, however, had no correlation with age, tumor localization, stage of disease or IR-CEA. In cancer tissue, IR-CEA in the cytosol fraction was higher than that found in the membrane fraction. In normal colon, however, the concentrations of the two fractions were reversed. Immunohistochemical findings have shown a different distribution of IR-CEA in cancerous and normal colon, and our results demonstrated similar findings by using radioimmunoassay (RIA).

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Multiple primary malignant tumors involving the large bowel.

We reviewed 5680 autopsy protocols in order to determine the frequency of Multiple Primary Malignant Tumors (MPMT) in different organs. The large bowel was the organ most frequently involved, making up to 32 per cent of all MPMT cases. Of 26 patients with colorectal MPMT, six were multicentric in the large bowel, and 20 were associated with extracolonic malignancies. The tissues harboring primary malignancies were, in order of decreasing frequency, liver, lung, and female and male reproductive organs. We compared the exact location of large bowel cancers in patients with and without a prior cholecystectomy; there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups, especially for right-sided colonic carcinoma in women.

Aged↗

Coexisting primary malignant lymphoma and adenocarcinoma of the large intestine in an IgA-deficient boy.

This is a case report of an IgA-deficient adolescent male (14 years old) presenting with coexisting adenocarcinoma and adenomatous polyp of the rectosigmoid, and a primary lymphoma of the cecum (large-cell, histiocytic type). A 14-year-old sister of the patient had died of gastric carcinoma. Her serum immunoglobulins were not measured. The literature regarding the coexisting primary malignant lymphoma and adenocarcinoma of the colon, as well as neoplasia associated with IgA deficiency, is reviewed and pertinent literature discussed.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Delayed antemortem diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the cecum presenting as lower extremity gas gangrene.

The rare entity of nontraumatic metastatic gas gangrene is commonly associated with occult gastrointestinal malignancies. Normally the patient's course is fulminant, with rapid demise prior to ascertaining the correct etiology at autopsy. An unusual case is presented in that 65 days following hip disarticulation for gas gangrene the diagnosis of colonic cancer was appropriately suspected and then proven.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Repeat colonoscopy after endoscopic polypectomy.

The records of all patients undergoing endoscopic polypectomy between December 1979 and December 1982 were reviewed. One hundred seventy-two patients underwent colonoscopic polypectomy in the absence of carcinoma or inflammatory bowel disease. Of these, the polyp could not be retrieved in 4, and 19 were lost to follow-up. One hundred forty-nine patients underwent subsequent endoscopy from one to four years after the initial polypectomy. Seventy-five (50.3 percent) of the patients developed new polyps. Although 61 of the 75 patients with new polyps were identified in the first two years, new polyps were noted throughout all four years. The presence of multiple polyps on the initial examination was statistically significant in predicting new polyps. The age and sex of the patients, size of the polyps, and the presence of atypia did not identify patients at higher risk for new polyps. The data indicate that new polyps are more likely to develop in patients who had a previous polyp. It would appear that annual examinations should be performed until two successive examinations are negative. Following a second negative examination, reexamination at two- or three-year intervals, unless symptomatic, would appear to be adequate.

Adenoma↗

Occult gastrointestinal carcinoma causing metastatic clostridial soft-tissue infection. Report of two cases.

The association between nontraumatic, metastatic, clostridial soft-tissue infection and malignancy is well recognized, particularly when Clostridium septicum is involved. This report presents two patients with nontraumatic, metastatic, soft-tissue infection due to C. septicum and reviews the English medical literature. Eighty-four percent of the reported patients were found to have colon carcinoma, which was postulated to be the portal of entry. Prognosis is poor, but early recognition and antimicrobial therapy with prompt and aggressive surgical intervention, both for the soft-tissue infection and the abdominal process, may lower the high mortality.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Metastatic melanoma involving the colon. Report of a case.

A patient with isolated cecal metastasis of malignant melanoma whose symptoms of fatigue, exertional dyspnea, and an abdominal mass were relieved by operation is reported. Palliative resection appears to offer significant benefit in patients with symptomatic melanoma involving the colon, particularly if the lesion is solitary.

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Androgen receptors in rectal and colonic cancer.

To evaluate the potential effect of androgens on human colorectal cancer, the prevalence and concentration of cytosolic androgen receptors were analyzed in 23 rectal and 13 cecal adenocarcinomas by a hybrid radioligand assay. Androgen receptors were detected in nine of the rectal (39 percent) and five of the cecal tumors (38 percent). Androgen receptor levels demonstrated were low, ranging from three to 17 fmol/mg cytosol protein. Dissociation constants were 1 nM or less. The presence of androgen receptors was independent of age or sex of the patient, and of the state of histologic differentiation and Dukes' staging of the tumor. Androgen receptor prevalence was similar in mucosa adjacent to rectal and cecal adenocarcinomas and in mucosa from five of ten patients (50 percent) with diverticular disease. Our findings suggest that androgen dependency does not play a major role in endocrine control of the development of rectal cancer.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Anaplastic solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the cecum. Report of a case confirmed by immunoperoxidase staining.

Solitary extramedullary plasma cell tumors, although uncommon, have been reported with increasing frequency over the last few years. Approximately 5 to 10 percent of the tumors arise in the gastrointestinal tract. This report demonstrates that a solitary anaplastic cecal extramedullary plasmacytoma can mimic a polypoid carcinoma, both grossly and, to an extent, microscopically. Immunoperoxidase stains for cytoplasmic immunoglobulin proved useful in establishing the correct diagnosis.

Aged↗

Adenosquamous carcinoma of the colon--an immunocytochemical and ultrastructural study. Report of two cases and review of the literature.

This paper presents two cases of adenosquamous carcinoma of the colon and brings to 39 the total number documented in medical literature. The concurrent glandular and squamous differentiation of the tumor cells was demonstrated by immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy. Evaluation of the biologic characteristics of all the reported cases suggests that malignant squamous elements in colonic carcinomas behave more aggressively than their glandular counterparts. In contradistinction from the pure squamous-cell carcinoma of the colon, adenosquamous carcinoma does not show the same predilection for the right colon.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Burkitt's lymphoma protruding through the anus. Report of an unusual case.

A four-year-old boy had a cecoanal intussusception prolapsing through the anus. A 4 x 4 cm cecal tumor served as the leading point of the intussusception. Laparotomy and histology revealed that the tumor was a solitary Burkitt's lymphoma of the cecum. Isolated Burkitt's lymphoma, as presented here, is rare, and such a combination has never been reported. Intussusception prolapsing through the anus and Burkitt's lymphoma are discussed, as well as a possible reason for the rarity of the condition.

Burkitt Lymphoma↗

The absence of a relationship between cholecystectomy and the subsequent occurrence of cancer of the proximal colon.

Reports of an increased incidence of right-sided colonic cancers have coincided with an expanding knowledge of the carcinogenic potential of secondary bile acids which are increased after cholecystectomy, suggesting a possible relationship between cholecystectomy and the subsequent occurrence of proximal colonic cancer. The hospital records of 582 patients undergoing resection of colorectal cancers were reviewed. Fifty-four patients (9 per cent) had had prior cholecystectomies. The distribution of colonic cancers in these patients was identical to that in noncholecystectomized patients. To obtain a prospective view, 249 patients undergoing cholecystectomy between 1958 and 1960 were followed up to 1980. A cancer of the sigmoid colon or rectum occurred in four patients, three to 22 years after cholecystectomy. No patient was readmitted with a carcinoma of the proximal colon. These data fail to support a relationship between cholecystectomy and the subsequent development of a cancer of the cecum or ascending colon.

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