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KMID : 0816120070100010076
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Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterolology and Nutrition
2007 Volume.10 No. 1 p.76 ~ p.80
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A Case of Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Colon in a Child
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Oh Dae-Sung
Shin Hee-Young
Ahn Hyo-Seop
Seo Jeong-Kee
Kang Gyeong-Hoon
Ko Jae-Sung
Yang Hye-Ran
Han Kyung-Hee
Shin Jee-Youn
Shim Jeong-Ok
Park Ji-Sook
Park Kwi-Won
Chun Jung-Eun
Kim Wu-Seon
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Abstract
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Colorectal carcinomas are extremely rare in childhood and adolescence; however, the colon is the most common site of a gastrointestinal carcinoma. Mucin secreting adenocarcinomas with signet ring formation is the most common type of colon cancer identified in children. An 11-year-old boy had abdominal pain and weight loss for three months, back pain and left thigh pain for two months, and hematochezia for four days. Colonoscopy showed an annular mass in the sigmoid colon and the histopathology revealed a signet ring cell carcinoma. A metastatic signet ring cell carcinoma was suspected from the findings of the bone scan, and confirmed later by a left scalp mass incisional biopsy and a bone marrow biopsy. We report a case of a metastatic signet ring cell carcinoma of the colon in a child.
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KEYWORD
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Signet ring cell carcinoma, Colorectal adenocarcinoma, Child
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