Rectal adenocarcinoma with osseous metaplasia

Justyna Szumiło; Andrzej Chrościcki; Jarosław Swatek; Elzbieta Korobowicz

Rectal adenocarcinoma with osseous metaplasia

Pol J Pathol. 2004;55(3):39-40.

Authors

Justyna Szumiło¹, Andrzej Chrościcki, Jarosław Swatek, Elzbieta Korobowicz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Prof. Feliks Skubiszewski Medical University, Lublin. [email protected]

PMID: 15619980

Abstract

A rare case of osseous metaplasia in a moderately differentiated rectal adenocarcinoma in a 79-year-old man is reported. A possible pathogenesis of this phenomenon is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
Adenocarcinoma / surgery
Aged
Humans
Male
Metaplasia
Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology*
Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
Treatment Outcome