Songtanin Busara, Chu Victoria M, Deb Anasua, Islam Sameer, Islam Ebtesam, Nugent Kenneth
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2021 Dec 16;35(2):237-238. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2021.2008220. eCollection 2022.
Colon cancer generally presents with lower gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diarrhea, constipation, and general abdominal discomfort; it is rare for the primary presentation to have upper gastrointestinal symptoms. We report a patient with coloduodenal fistula secondary to colon malignancy who presented with incessant vomiting and dramatic weight loss as the chief complaint. It is important to consider colon cancer as part of the differential in patients with atypical presentations of upper gastrointestinal symptoms who have known colon cancer risk factors.
结肠癌通常表现为下消化道症状,如腹泻、便秘和腹部不适;以消化道上部症状为主要表现的情况较为罕见。我们报告了一例继发于结肠恶性肿瘤的结肠十二指肠瘘患者,其主要症状为持续呕吐和体重急剧下降。对于有已知结肠癌风险因素且出现非典型上消化道症状的患者,将结肠癌纳入鉴别诊断范围很重要。