Rev Méd Chile 2008; 136: 544

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En el manuscrito "Case Report. Unsuspected and widespread colon cancer in a young woman", de Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Elaine Pereira, Barbiéri de Carvalho, Jacira de Azevedo Cortes, Ernesto Misael Cintra Osterne, publicado en Rev Méd Chile 2008; 136: 221-224, se omitió el resumen en inglés, que se reproduce a continuación:

Liver and lung metastasis and local lymph node invasion are reported in a 26-year-old Brazilian woman with an asymptomatic colon cancer. She was admitted complaining of right upper quadrant pain, and the diagnostic procedures revealed an unsuspected adenocarcinoma (stage IV) in the descending colon. This malignancy is more frequent in patients older than 40 years, but it usually follows a more aggressive course in young people. Late detection of colon cancer usually results in worst prognosis (Rev Méd Chile 2008; 136: 221-4). (Key-words: Colonic neoplasms; Lymphatic metastasis; Neoplasm metastasis)