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Jeniann A. Yi, MD; Clay Cothren Burlew, MD; Carlton C. Barnett, MD; Ernest E. Moore, MD
Arch Surg. 2012;147(9):885. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2011.1283a 10.1001/archsurg.2011.1283b.
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A 53-year-old woman had abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and obstipation for 4 days. Her medical history was significant for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, total abdominal hysterectomy after a complicated birth, and right oophorectomy for a hemorrhagic cyst. She was being followed up by the gynecology service as an outpatient for a left adnexal mass and was on their elective operative schedule for resection for a presumed ovarian malignant neoplasm. On examination, she had abdominal distention and was tender to palpation in the left lower quadrant. Her laboratory analysis findings, including a complete blood cell count and metabolic panel, were normal aside from elevated levels of CA 19-9 (35 U/mL), carcinoembryonic antigen (58.3 ng/mL; to convert to micrograms per liter, multiply by 1.0), and cancer antigen 125 (62 U/mL; to convert to kilounits per liter, multiply by 1.0). A computed tomographic scan of the abdomen revealed a complex cystic and solid pelvic mass measuring 13 × 15 cm, diffuse retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy, and cecal distention with a pedunculated area of mural enhancement in the transverse colon measuring 2 cm but no obvious obstructing colonic mass (Figure 1 and Figure 2). The gastroenterology service was consulted and declined to perform colonoscopy owing to a presumed inability to prepare the bowel.

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Figure 1. Computed tomographic scan (sagittal view) revealing a complex pelvic mass and right colonic distention. F indicates feet; H, head; L, left, and R, right.

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Figure 2. Computed tomographic scan (coronal view) of the pedunculated colonic mass (arrow). A indicates anterior; L, left, P, posterior; and R, right.

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