Colorectal carcinoma

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• Synonyms

  • Colon cancer
  • Colonic carcinoma
  • Bowel cancer
  • Bowel malignancy

• Causes

  • Colonic polyp
  • Ureto-sigmoid anastomosis
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Obesity
  • Polygenic inheritance

• Effects

  • Diarrhoea
  • Lower gastrointestinal bleed
  • Carcino-embryonic antigen
  • Membranous glomerulonephritis
  • Streptococcus bovis
  • Acanthosis nigricans
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Apple-core stricture
  • Leser-Trelat sign
  • Abdominal fistula
  • Colo-vesical fistula
  • Enterocolic fistula
  • Lung metastasis
  • Krukenberg tumour
  • Weight loss

• Parents

  • Gastrointestinal carcinoma
  • Intra-abdominal malignancy
  • Lower gastrointestinal pathology

• Children

  • Hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer

• Treatments

  • Hartmann procedure
  • Right hemicolectomy
  • Cetuximab
  • Bevacizumab
  • Weight loss