--- a +++ b/processing/MACCROBAT/28250406.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +A 68-year-old man referred to the Internal Medicine Department of Razi Hospital in Rasht (a city in the north of Iran) with a hypogastric region discomfort, especially in the right lower quadrant for one month. +The pain was a colicky form which had a few episodes each day, each episode lasting for 4–5 minutes. +The pain radiated to the back and was alleviated by resting to one side. +No association between the pain, defecation, and eating were reported. +Furthermore, the patient complained of a 2–3 kg weight loss over the last one month followed by anorexia. +However, no symptoms of nausea, vomiting, fever, or shaking chills were demonstrated. +He was first admitted to another center for a week, then was referred to our hospital for further evaluation. +The patient had undergone a surgery for prostatectomy seven years before his presentation to our center. +Also, he had a history of endoscopy five years earlier due to dyspepsia, which was found to be Helicobacter pylori positive at that time and which was eradicated after a treatment course. +No history of HIV, diabetes, smoking, or alcohol consumption was recorded. +His vital signs were normal at the time of admission. +On physical examination, the abdomen was soft, there was no distention, and bowel sounds were normoactive. +However, tenderness in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen with no rebound state was noted. +The peripheral blood analysis is shown in Table 1. +Stool examination, urine analysis, and evaluation of electrolytes were all normal. +An abdominal CT scan showed a well-demarcated and homogenous solitary mass in the cecum with no distention in the ileum. +The ileum wall was thickened (Figure 1). +A colonoscopy revealed a large mass like lesion in the cecum (Figure 2); during the procedure a biopsy was taken from the cecum. +The lamina propria was infiltrated by a number of PMNCs admixed by some eosinophils (Figure 3). +Immunohistochemical evaluation was positive for vimentin and CD68. +C-Kit (CD117) was negative while CD34, smooth muscle actin (SMA), and ALK were focally positive. +There were no reports of cyclin D1, desmin, or pancytokeratin (Figure 4).When the colonoscopy was performed, the evidences of invasive obstruction lead us to the suspicion of a malignant tumor. +After pathological confirmation of IMT, the patient was referred for surgery in order to remove the mass. +On surgery, approximately 40 mL ascites were found in the abdomen. +A mass was seen in the cecum with ileocolic intussusception. +Afterwards, the patient underwent right hemicolectomy with an end-to-end anastomosis of ileocolic. +No enlarge lymph nodes were observed. +The patient was discharged seven days after surgery and had no complications during follow-up.