Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

• The frequency in the US and Europe is ten times that of developing countries.
• It is now clear that diet plays a significant role in the development of this malignancy.
• Low unabsorbable fiber content .
• High content of carbohydrates.
• Excess dietary red meat and fat .
• Relative lack of vitamins and micronutrients .
• Location of colonic malignancies
  • 60% are found between the splenic flexure and the anal sphincter
  • A third of all colonic cancers are within one finger length of the anal sphincter.

  Colonic adenocarcinomas may remain asymptomatic for years, and as the case of Mr. Herbert illustrates, iron deficiency anemia in an elderly man means gastrointestinal cancer until proven otherwise.

So what's to be expected from a colon carcinoma?                Back