Malrotation of the bowel resulting in a left-sided caecal carcinoma presenting as a palpable intrahernial mass

Authors: Torreggiani W.C.; Thornton F.; Lyburn I.; Brenner C.; Lee M.J.

Source: Australasian Radiology, Volume 45, Number 3, August 2001 , pp. 362-364(3)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

SUMMARY

An 86-year-old woman presented with a large left-sided intrahernial mass, which was shown on CT to represent an abnormally located caecal tumour. An underlying bowel malrotation was also found explaining the left-sided nature of the mass.

Keywords: caecal carcinoma; intrahernial mass

Language: English

Document Type: Miscellaneous

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