Background: Metastasis and recurrence of colorectal cancer after treatment is attributed to stem cells. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the expression of stem cell marker CD166 in colorectal cancer by immunohistochemistry and clinicopathologic parameters.Methods: From 2006 to 2012, 121 colectomy specimens of patients with colon cancer that were operated in Babol...

PURPOSE This current study examined the clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with splenic flexure (SF) colon cancer and the association with the surgical outcomes to find the optimal procedure to treat this malady. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 167 operated patients with SF colon cancer were consecutively recruited between 1993 and 2003. The clinicopathological, operative and surv...

There are few descriptions of association between chagasic megacolon and colon cancer. We report a case of obstructive abdomen caused by adenocarcinoma of the left colon in chagasic megacolon. A review of the literature revealed 8 cases of this association and, analyzing together the series of findings of cancer in chagasic organomegalies, we found a frequency of 4.8% in megaesophagus and 0.1% ...

aim : the aim of this study was to report the anatomical location and histologic type of colorectal polyps in a large series of iranian patients that attended for colonoscopy. background : polyps that develop through the adenoma-carcinoma pathway are considered neoplastic and may eventually progress to invasive carcinomas. in addition polyps can develop with no neoplastic potential. these neopl...

BACKGROUND Colonoscopy is used for early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer, but evidence on the magnitude of overall protection and protection according to anatomical site through colonoscopy performed in the community setting is sparse. We assessed whether receiving a colonoscopy in the preceding 10-year period, compared with no colonoscopy, was associated with prevalence of advanc...

We received a 31 years old male who presented to the emergency after been stabbed on both thorax. The left thoracic wound was site of evisceration colon. eviscerated colon perforated. patient instable. After stabilisation, he operated under general anesthesia. A bilateral drainage done,one and right stab then closed. median laparotomy discovered colic herniation through diaphragmatic coupole, c...

A 42-year-oldwomanwas admitted to our hospital because of intermittent lower abdominal pain with mild constipation over the preceding 4 months. Her medical history was uneventful and we recommended that she undergo a colonoscopy. During the procedure, we discovered to our surprise a fistula in the colon (16cm from the anal verge near the rectosigmoid junction) with swollen surrounding mucosa an...