Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Oct 1990
Case Reports[Colonic carcinoma localized in the chest in enterothorax due to congenital diaphragmatic hernia].
A 51-year-old man with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and enterothorax was found to have persisting leucocytosis (25,000/microliters), diarrhoea and weight loss (20 kg). Computed tomography (CT) revealed intrahepatic space-occupying lesions. CT-directed needle biopsy demonstrated adenocarcinoma metastases. ⋯ It revealed a carcinoma of the colon located in the thorax about 10 cm oral to the left colonic flexure. Progressive ileus necessitated an ileodescendostomy for palliation. The patient died three months later while on symptomatic treatment.