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ArticleBMJ case reports2014

Primary colonic signet ring cell carcinoma in a young patient.

Raghunath Prabhu, Neha Kumar, Sunil Krishna, Rajgopal Shenoy

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raghunath PrabhuDepartment of Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Neha Kumar
Sunil Krishna
Rajgopal Shenoy
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 28-year-old woman presented with colicky abdominal pain for 3 months. Pain was associated with episodes of vomiting, abdominal distension and constipation. She also had loss of weight for this duration. General physical examination was unremarkable and the abdomen was soft, with no palpable organomegaly. A CT of the abdomen showed small bowel and ascending colon dilation with multiple air fluid levels. There was also a short segment of circumferential bowel wall thickening and luminal narrowing in the hepatic flexure with sudden transition of bowel diameter. She underwent a right hemicolectomy after necessary preoperative investigations. Histopathology revealed signet ring cell carcinoma (SRCC). This case highlights the importance of detecting such a lesion in a young, otherwise fit woman. The challenge lies in early diagnosis and awareness of general practitioners about this aggressive form of colonic tumours.

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AdultCarcinoma, Signet Ring CellColectomyColonic NeoplasmsFemaleHumansTomography, X-Ray Computed

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PMID24654235
PMCPMC3962910
OpenAlexW1992724526

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