Signet Ring Cell-mucinous Adenocarcinona of The Descending Colon, A Case Report

Abstract

Colorectal carcinomas are quite rare in pediatric age group with a very poor prognosis and are usually beyond the scope of operative resection(1). The predominant histological type in children is the poorly differentiated mucinous adenocarcinoma which carrires a poor prognosis. Here. We present an interesting case report of a 14 years old male who presented to surgical emergency as acute intestinal obstruction and on laparatomy, a descending colon growth was identified for which resection and anastomosis with right transverse colostomy was done. On histopathological examination, the growth was found to be a signet ring cell mucinous adenocarcinoma and the patient responded well to chemotherapy. Key words: Signet ring cell, mucinous adenocarcinoma.