Letter
English
Abdullahi Jibril Randawa 1, Adekunle Olarenwaju Oguntayo 1, Yahaya Ukwenya 2
1-Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Nigeria Email: drrandawa@yahoo.com, fayokunmi@yahoo.co.uk 2-Department of Surgery Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Nigeria Email: etoliaukwenya@yahoo.com
Libyan J Med 2010, 5: 4632 – DOI:10.4176/090806
Abstract
Colorectal cancer during pregnancy is uncommon and most patients present in late pregnancy. This report describes unusual presentations of colorectal cancer in relation to pregnancy in three patients. The first patient is a 30-year-old primipara that developed lower abdominal pain and constipation two weeks after an emergency cesarean section. She had no change in bowel habit, rectal bleeding, or weight loss. Within two weeks after delivery she developed progressive massive ascitis. She was found to have a hard mass in the rectum. Colonoscopy and biopsy was diagnostic of adenocarcinoma of the rectum. Patient died three days later from respiratory difficulty.
Keywords: Colorectal cancer in pregnancy: a rapid progressive disease
Link/DOI: http://www.libyanjournalofmedicine.net/index.php/ljm/article/view/4632/5122