An Experience with Colorectal Carcinomas
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https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v9i1.1319Keywords:
Prospective Study. Carcinomas, Colorectal. Sigmoidoscopy. Colonoscopy. Behavior. Retrospective Studies. Adenoma. Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis. Learning.Abstract
This prospective study was conducted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital over a period of three years. All patients presenting with colorectal carcinoma were studied and included in the study. Age of the patients included in the study ranged from 18 to 74 years. Gender distribution was 12 males and 17 females. The lesions were identified in the anal canal in 3 cases and in the rectum in 9 cases. At the rectosigmoid junction in 1 case, in the splenic flexure, transverse colon and ascending colon had lesions in 3, 5, 2 cases respectively. Six lesions were identified in the caecum. All of these patients were managed surgically according to the lesion location.
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