PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Abdul-Wahed N. Meshikhes
AU  - Meshal M. Al-Otaibi
AU  - Hussain A. Al-Amer
AU  - Osama H. Al-Saif
TI  - Retroperitoneal abscess as an initial presentation of cecal carcinoma
DP  - 2002 Aug 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 999--1001
VI  - 23
IP  - 8
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/23/8/999.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/23/8/999.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2002 Aug 01; 23
AB  - We report an unusual case of cecal carcinoma presenting first time as retroperitoneal abscess. As the patient was septic on presentation and the underlying cancer was not clear, she was treated initially by extraperitoneal drainage of the abscess. She later underwent a palliative right hemicolectomy. She presented a month later with recurrence at the drainage site. This case highlights this unusual initial presentation of right colonic cancer, the diagnostic dilemma and the poor prognosis associated with it.