A Shot That Hits the Tumor: Incidental Finding of Early Colon Cancer in a Gunshot Wound Specimen—The Role of Pathologic Examination

A Shot That Hits the Tumor: Incidental Finding of Early Colon Cancer in a Gunshot Wound Specimen—The Role of Pathologic Examination

This report presents incidental finding of early colorectal cancer in an adult patient with gunshot injury. The patient was a 41 y/o man, transferred to our center due to gunshot wound to his abdomen and back. A well differentiated adenocarcinoma, stage I, was incidentally identified during patholog...

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Main Authors: Neda Soleimani, Sara Pakbaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8059346
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spelling doaj-6ac99da767ee44e2a4536d736a93f2bf2020-11-25T00:40:29ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2019-01-01201910.1155/2019/80593468059346A Shot That Hits the Tumor: Incidental Finding of Early Colon Cancer in a Gunshot Wound Specimen—The Role of Pathologic ExaminationNeda Soleimani0Sara Pakbaz1Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, CanadaThis report presents incidental finding of early colorectal cancer in an adult patient with gunshot injury. The patient was a 41 y/o man, transferred to our center due to gunshot wound to his abdomen and back. A well differentiated adenocarcinoma, stage I, was incidentally identified during pathologic examination on his segmental proctectomy specimen. This singular case highlights the necessity of caring for all removed tissues, indicating how important they are for both clinicians and pathologists.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8059346
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title A Shot That Hits the Tumor: Incidental Finding of Early Colon Cancer in a Gunshot Wound Specimen—The Role of Pathologic Examination
title_short A Shot That Hits the Tumor: Incidental Finding of Early Colon Cancer in a Gunshot Wound Specimen—The Role of Pathologic Examination
title_full A Shot That Hits the Tumor: Incidental Finding of Early Colon Cancer in a Gunshot Wound Specimen—The Role of Pathologic Examination
title_fullStr A Shot That Hits the Tumor: Incidental Finding of Early Colon Cancer in a Gunshot Wound Specimen—The Role of Pathologic Examination
title_full_unstemmed A Shot That Hits the Tumor: Incidental Finding of Early Colon Cancer in a Gunshot Wound Specimen—The Role of Pathologic Examination
title_sort shot that hits the tumor: incidental finding of early colon cancer in a gunshot wound specimen—the role of pathologic examination
publisher Hindawi Limited
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publishDate 2019-01-01
description This report presents incidental finding of early colorectal cancer in an adult patient with gunshot injury. The patient was a 41 y/o man, transferred to our center due to gunshot wound to his abdomen and back. A well differentiated adenocarcinoma, stage I, was incidentally identified during pathologic examination on his segmental proctectomy specimen. This singular case highlights the necessity of caring for all removed tissues, indicating how important they are for both clinicians and pathologists.
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