MEDizzy Journalover 1 year ago

Case of colorectal cancer in a 32-year-old in the third trimester of pregnancy

A 32-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department at 28.8 weeks of pregnancy. She had no family history of cancer and presented with complaints of a 4-day history of nausea, vomiting and constipation. The patient’s clinical examination showed that she had a distended abdomen with signs of pain and a considerable accumulation of gas in the GI tract. There were no signs of abnormalities on the general physical examination. Doctors further referred the patient for laboratory examinations, all of which were within the reference range. Read more about it here: https://journal.medizzy.com/bowel-obstruction-due-to-stenotic-sigmoid-colon-cancer-in-the-third-trimester/