{"id":33788,"date":"2024-12-05T07:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/?p=33788"},"modified":"2025-11-13T07:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:24:59","slug":"unsuspecting-colon-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/zh\/unsuspecting-colon-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsuspecting colon cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33788\" class=\"elementor elementor-33788\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e13bd91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default cmsmasters-block-default\" data-id=\"1e13bd91\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a1be7b2\" data-id=\"1a1be7b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22141752 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22141752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recently, a Gynaecologist colleague called me about a patient of his: a 60-year-old female who was referred by a GP for right iliac fossa pain (pain in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen).<\/p><p>There are many diagnostic possibilities, but the commonest in a female is pain originating either from the ovary or appendix. The gynaecologist had ordered a pelvic ultrasound followed by a pelvic MRI when it became apparent that the ovaries were normal in appearance.<\/p><p>The MRI showed a <strong>5cm cystic mass<\/strong> adjacent to the sigmoid colon. The diagnostic possibility at this point is an abscess arising from a colonic perforation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf51a33 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cf51a33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inconclusive CT Scan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e0ef04 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52e0ef04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CT-Scan-30x24.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-33792 cmsmasters_img cmsmasters-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CT-Scan.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CT-Scan.webp 263w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CT-Scan-30x24.webp 30w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CT-Scan-13x10.webp 13w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CT-Scan-30x24.webp 30w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CT-Scan-13x10.webp 13w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CT-Scan.webp 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">CT scan showing walled-off abscess<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-390a02c9 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"390a02c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I saw the patient, she was quite well and no longer in pain. Her abdomen was soft and non-tender and I couldn\u2019t feel any masses. What was worrisome was the fact that she was slightly anaemic and her <a href=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/zh\/service\/colorectal-cancer-surgery\/\">colon cancer tumour marker<\/a> was raised.<\/p><p>I arranged for her to come into the hospital, where a CT scan of the abdomen was promptly done. This was in the hope that this would provide more information about the cystic mass, the bowel and digestive organs.<\/p><p>The CT scan, unfortunately, did not provide much more detail other than a slight thickening of the sigmoid colon suggestive of a malignancy. At this point, the lack of conclusive information was getting frustrating for the patient and me, so we agreed that a flexible sigmoidoscopy would be done.<\/p><p>This is a small procedure where a scope is passed up the colon to the location of the abnormality for a better assessment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dd46f17 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dd46f17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flexible Sigmoidoscopy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8a0c94 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a8a0c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cut-up-specimen-30x23.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-33791 cmsmasters_img cmsmasters-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cut-up-specimen.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cut-up-specimen.webp 271w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cut-up-specimen-30x23.webp 30w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cut-up-specimen-13x10.webp 13w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cut-up-specimen-30x23.webp 30w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cut-up-specimen-13x10.webp 13w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cut-up-specimen.webp 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Cut up specimen showing the area of perforation and abscess cavity wall behind the colon<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ffaaef cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ffaaef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u8fd9 <a href=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/zh\/service\/colonoscopy\/\">flexible sigmoidoscopy<\/a> showed a narrowed and stiff colon in keeping with the expected pathology of inflammation from a perforation. Associated with it was heaped-up mucosa suggestive of a malignancy or severe inflammation. Multiple biopsies were taken.<\/p><p>Back in the ward, I had a discussion with the patient and her family. We knew that there was certainly an abnormality in her colon, highly suspicious of a perforated cancer. In the end, we agreed that a surgery to explore the abdomen was warranted with the aim of removing the affected colon and mass.<\/p><p>Surgery was done the next day. When I looked inside her abdomen, there was a large contained abscess (with a moderate amount of pus) arising from the side of the sigmoid colon and stuck down onto the uterus, ovaries and bladder.<\/p><p>I was able to resect that segment of the colon with the adjacent infected mass, the uterus and ovaries so as to ensure a complete clearance of the inflammation and presumed cancer. In the end, an anastomosis was performed to ensure continuity of her bowel.<\/p><p>The operation lasted under 3 hours and she recovered well in the ward.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b609af7 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b609af7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69804917 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69804917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The final histology of the specimen showed a perforated mucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon with several lymph nodes involved. Fortunately for her, the <strong>cancer is now completely removed.<\/strong> It is an aggressive cancer and she would now need to undergo chemotherapy to reduce the chances of a future recurrence.<\/p><p>This case is interesting in that the colon cancer did not present in the usual manner, such as bleeding in the stools or a change in bowel habit. Other than a short episode of abdominal pain, she did not present with any alarming symptoms or signs.<\/p><p>Despite the investigations that followed, the cancer remained elusive until the eventual surgery. The silver lining in the clouds is that she now has a good chance of a cure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Gynaecologist colleague recently reached out about a 60-year-old female patient who was referred by her GP for right iliac fossa pain, presenting as discomfort in the lower right abdomen.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colon-cancer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Unsuspecting colon cancer - Thomas Ho Surgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr Ho shares a patient&#039;s journey from discovering she had colon cancer and the surgical procedure to remove her cancerous colon tumours.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/zh\/unsuspecting-colon-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unsuspecting colon cancer - 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