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ArticleCureus2023

A Rare Case of Rectosigmoid Small Cell Carcinoma.

Zhuang Hui Mark Le, William Swee Keong Khoo, Kaushik Kumar

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Zhuang Hui Mark LeDepartment of General Surgery, Logan Hospital, Brisbane, AUS.
William Swee Keong KhooDepartment of General Surgery, Redland Hospital, Brisbane, AUS.
Kaushik KumarDepartment of General Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Brisbane, AUS.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal small cell carcinomas are very rare neuroendocrine malignancies of the colon or rectum. They have poor prognosis due to the aggressive and highly recurrent nature of the disease. It is a malignancy that is also poorly understood with limited literature, and thus there is no consensus in management. This case report presents the clinical features and radiological images of an otherwise healthy 74-year-old gentleman with a rare and aggressive 112-mm rectosigmoid small cell carcinoma with evidence of metastatic disease. This report will also discuss the most current and pertinent diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations from the literature.

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colorectal cancercolorectal neuroendocrine malignancycolorectal small cell carcinomaextrapulmonary small cell carcinomageneral surgery

Identifiers

PMID37546029
PMCPMC10397522

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