Tropical Medicine & Surgery

Siti Rahmah Hashim Isa Merican

Publications

• Case Report
  Mid Transverse Colon Cancer and the Related Risk Factors: A Case Report
  Author(s): Amer Hayat Khan, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Syed Hassan, Siti Rahmah Hashim Isa Merican, Nurashikin Binti Mazlan and Mohammed Abdul Hameed Amer Hayat Khan, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Syed Hassan, Siti Rahmah Hashim Isa Merican, Nurashikin Binti Mazlan and Mohammed Abdul Hameed
  
  Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer among both men and women in the United States. A colorectal cancer begins when normal cells in the lining of the colon or rectum change and grows uncontrollably, forming a mass called a tumor. Case presentation: A 54-year-old woman complained of epigastric pain for the last four months and the pain increased in severity in the last few days. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed mid transverse colon tumor with the absence of pericolic fat streakiness, lymphodenopathy and liver metastases. The patient has diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 and hypertension. She has been on insulin therapy for years (subcutaneous (S/C) Actrapid 30 u TDS and S/C Insulatard 8 u ON). Patient is obese with BMI of 36.5 kg/m2. The colonoscopy and pathological examination showed polypoidal tumour (Transverse) with length of 5.5 cm, the lumen of the colon .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9088.1000130

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