Hereditary colon cancers can be tiny: a cautionary case report of the results of colonoscopic surveillance.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This case report describes a 45-yr-old woman with a strong family history of colorectal cancer who was found to have a 4-mm poorly differentiated cancer in her transverse colon on surveillance colonoscopy. The case is reported to advise practitioners of the need for meticulous colonoscopy in such patients.
Medical subject headings
- Adenocarcinoma
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Colonoscopy
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis