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Zheng, Beishi

A5101178010 | I2800153865

Mayo Clinic

Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center

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Colorectal Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Ulcerating Rectosigmoid Stricture

ACG Case Reports Journal | August 17, 2023 | Volume: 10 | Issue: 8 | Pages: e01130

10.14309/crj.0000000000001130 | PMID 37601300

ABSTRACT Colorectal signet ring cell carcinoma is a rare type of colon cancer. Early diagnosis remains challenging because of nonspecific colonoscopy findings, such as diffuse circumferential thickening, stricture, and ulcerations, and the potential absence of typical pathological features in the initial biopsy sample. In this article, we report a 41-year-old man with ulcerating rectosigmoid stricture in the rectosigmoid colon with inconclusive histology. Subsequently, the patient developed small bowel obstruction and was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal signet ring cell carcinoma with peritoneal carcinomatosis.