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Primary Site Sigmoid colon
Physical Exam

06/07/XX

Pelvic: Right adnexal or colonic mass measuring 6 x 5 cm that is solid on ultrasound. Rule out colon or gyn malignancy.
   
X-Rays & Scans

06/10/XX

CT abdomen: Moderate amount of right and small amount of left pleural effusion. Multiple poorly marginated rounded areas of decreased density measuring up to 6 cm in diameter involving both right and left lobes of liver considered due to metastatic disease.
06/07/XX Chest: Patchy reaction at right base posteriorly and questionable small patchy inflammatory infiltrate at right posterior base.
   
Laboratory

06/07/XX

CEA: 15.8 (normal 0.0 - 3.0)

Alk Phos: 317 (normal 69 - 241)
   
Operative Findings

06/13/XX

Partial sigmoid colectomy: Mass in midline attached to bladder and to a loop of small bowel. Large mass encompassing sigmoid. Multiple masses in mesentery. Metastases measuring 4 x 6 cm in right lobe of liver.
   
Pathological Reports

06/13/XX

Gross: Partial sigmoid colon.

Micro: Necrotic mod diff adenoca. 7.5 cm centrally necrotic invasive mod diff adenoca extending through wall into pericolonic soft tissues with extension to serosal surface. Metastases to 5/18 mesenteric nodules. Sigmoid margins free of neoplasm. Neoplasm appears to arise within villoglandular adenoma.

   
Treatment 06/13/XX Surgery: Partial sigmoid colectomy.
07/11/XX Chemotherapy: Began FOLFIRI regimen (folic acid, 5-FU, irinotecan).

 

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