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Squamous cell carcinoma of the splenic flexure of the colon: Report of a case

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A 51-year-old Japanese man underwent resection of a tumor in the splenic flexure of the colon, which proved to be squamous cell carcinoma. At the time of presentation, the liver was found to have multiple metastases. On the 39th post-operative day, the patient died of liver failure. An autopsy de monstrated metastatic nodules on the pleura and parenchyma of both lungs, as well as in the liver, but failed to show any other primary squamous cell carcinoma. We emphasize that a meticulous search to disprove adenosquamous carcinoma is mandatory before a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the colon can be confirmed.

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  1. The Department of Surgery, Shimonoseki National Hospital, 1-1-1 Ushiroda, 751, Shimonoseki, Japan

    Junichi Yoshida, Hiroki Tohma & Takayoshi Nagata

  2. The Department of Pathology, Shimonoseki National Hospital, 1-1-1 Ushiroda, 751, Shimonoseki, Japan

    Yoshiko Okuzono

  3. The Department of Clinical Laboratories, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Kogushi, 755, Ube, Japan

    Mutsuo Takahashi

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Yoshida, J., Tohma, H., Nagata, T. et al. Squamous cell carcinoma of the splenic flexure of the colon: Report of a case. Surg Today 24, 75–79 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01676891

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