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Transverse colon adenocarcinoma with direct cutaneous extension: complex multidisciplinary surgical management

By JOM Staff

06.17.22

A 66-year-old cachectic female presented to the emergency department in August 2021 with dizziness. Physical examination revealed a 3–4 cm infraumbilical ulcerative mass, present for approximately 1 month. CT scan showed an 8 cm lower abdominal mass contiguous with the bladder dome, involving the mid-transverse colon and several segments of small bowel without evidence of metastatic disease (Figure 1).

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