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Fatima, Zainab; Sharma, Purva; Youssef, Bahaaeldin; Krishnan, Koyamangalath
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), 6/2021, Letnik: 13, Številka: 6Journal Article
Medullary carcinoma (MC) of the colon is a rare and unique histologic subtype of colorectal cancer. It is commonly associated with deficient mismatch repair proteins and has a strong association with Lynch syndrome. Diagnosis is challenging as it does not have the usual immunohistochemical stains on pathology seen in colorectal adenocarcinoma. Here, we discuss an interesting case of MC of the colon that was metastatic on presentation and constituted a diagnostic challenge.
