A 68-year-old woman presented with a month history of formless stool. She had received
hysterectomy for endometrial cancer 2 years ago. The level of cancer antigen 125 was
elevated (46.77 U/mL; normal level, 0–35 U/mL). Other tumor markers were normal, including
alpha fetoprotein, carcinoembryonic antigen and cancer antigen 199. Colonoscopy (Fig. 1A) showed a 50% circumferential extent tumor with superficial ulcer in the transverse
colon, 60 cm from the anus. Abdominal contrast enhanced CT (Fig. 1B) demonstrated an oval mass involving the anterior wall of the transverse colon (red
arrow), approximately 2.4 cm in diameter. A ring-like enhanced oval mass was also
revealed in the right paracolic gutter (yellow arrow), approximately 3.2 cm in diameter.
No other lesion was found, including the liver and lymph nodes. Photomicrograph of
a colonoscopic biopsy of the mass in the transverse colon indicated metastatic endometrioid
adenocarcinoma (Fig. 1C: the tumor containing cribriform structure with gland fusion), with the following
immunohistochemistry results: Vimentin (+) (Fig. 1D), CDX-2 (-) (Fig. 1E), CK7 (+) (Fig. 1F), P16 (+) (Fig. 1G), CK20 (-), PR (-).
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Publication history
Published online: January 09, 2023
Accepted:
January 3,
2023
Received:
October 13,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofIdentification
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