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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2013; 04(04): 117-118
DOI: 10.4103/0976-5042.132416
Case Report
Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India

Coexistence of adenocarcinoma colon with pseudomembraneous colitis

Sanjay Kumar Somani
Department of Gastroenterology, Sahara Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Shalini Kapoor
1   Department of Pathology, Sahara Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Anju Shukla
1   Department of Pathology, Sahara Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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26 September 2019 (online)

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Abstract

We report a 62 year old man who had coexistence of pseudomembraneous colitis and adenocarcinoma sigmoid colon in the absence of any antibiotic therapy. This is the first report of coexistence of both these conditions in the same patient.

Key words

Adenocarcinoma - carcinoma colon - pseudomembraneous colitis
 

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