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Adenocarcinoma of the colon as a second malignancy in a child
S Prabakaran1, S V Senthilnathan, M Venkatadesikalu
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Chennai Medical College, Egmore, India.
Pediatric Surgery International
|August 31, 2001
Abstract:
Solid tumors as second malignancies are not common in children who have been managed for lymphoproliferative disorders. We report a case of adenocarcinoma (AC) of the colon as a second malignancy in a patient who was on maintenance chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In children, primary AC of the colon is very rare; colonic AC occurring as a second malignancy in a child is rarer still. A case of AC of the colon following chemotherapy for ALL has not yet been published.