Metastatic Colon Cancer in an 18-Year-Old without Predisposing Factors

• Main Authors: Divya Mirchandani (Author), Jolanta Kulpa (Author), Nayaab Khawar (Author), Israel Kochin (Author), Pramod Narula (Author), Revathy Sundaram (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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While colorectal carcinoma is a common gastrointestinal cancer in adults, it is rare in pediatrics with an incidence of 1 : 1,000,000 and represents a fraction of neoplasms encountered in children. Malignant neoplasms represent a major cause of mortality in the pediatric age group. While presenting...