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For 6 months the patient had noted an increase in the frequency of bowel function. For this reason the patient took part in a community bowel screening program (Hemoccult II) for bowel cancer. The stools were positive for occult blood. Colonoscopy revealed a “convoluted bowel“. In “the mid ascending colon” there was a 1.5cm ulcerated lesion, which on biopsy revealed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. A computerized tomography (CT) scan showed a mass related to the right colon, extending posteriorly into the psoas muscle (Figure 11.1). No metastatic disease was detected in the liver. The patient was referred for surgical treatment.
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(2006). Carcinoma of the Appendix. In: Colorectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36941-4_11
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