de Mesquita GHA, Carvalho BJ, de Almeida Medeiros KA, Nii F, Martines DR, Pipek LZ, Jardim YJ, Waisberg DR, Obara MT, Sitnik R, Meyer A, Mangueira CLP. Intussusception reveals MUTYH-associated polyposis syndrome and colorectal cancer: a case report.
BMC Cancer 2019;
19:324. [PMID:
30953464 PMCID:
PMC6451307 DOI:
10.1186/s12885-019-5505-8]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
We are reporting a rare case of MUTYH-associated polyposis, a colorectal cancer hereditary syndrome, diagnosticated after an intussusception. Colorectal cancer is an important cause of cancer related mortality that can be manifested by an intussusception, a rare occurrence in adults and almost always related to tumors. Approximately 5% of colorectal cancers can be attributed to syndromes known to cause hereditary colorectal cancer, such as MUTYH-associated polyposis, autosomal genetic syndrome associated with this disease.
CASE PRESENTATION
We present the case of a 44 years old male, that sought medical consultation with a complaint of abdominal discomfort, that after five days changed its characteristics. The patient was sent to the emergency department were a CT-scan revealed intestinal sub-occlusion by ileocolic invagination. Right colectomy was carried out. The anatomic-pathological examination revealed a moderately differentiated mucinous adenocarcinoma and multiples sessile polyps, which led to the suspicion of a genetic syndrome. In the genetics analysis two mutations were observed in the MUTYH gene, and MUTYH-associated polyposis was diagnosticated.
CONCLUSION
This case demonstrates the importance of meticulous analysis of the patient examinations results to identify possible discrete alterations that can lead to improved understanding of disease.
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