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MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, Yariana et al. Cancer of the colon spleen angle: Presentation of a case. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2010, vol.32, n.1. ISSN 1684-1824.

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.

Palabras clave : DYSPEPSIA [diagnosis]; DYSPEPSIA [radiography ]; DYSPEPSIA [ultrasonography]; ENEMA [methods]; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC [diagnosis]; COLONOSCOPY [methods]; COLONIC NEOPLASMS [diagnosis]; COLONIC NEOPLASMS [surgery]; COLONIC NEOPLASMS [pathology]; ADENOCARCINOMA [diagnosis]; OVARIAN CYSTS [diagnosis]; HUMANS ; FEMALE ; AGED; CASE REPORTS .

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