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Table 1 Reported cases of colon perforation resulting from foreign body and previously undiagnosed carcinoma

From: Colonic perforation resulting from ingested chicken bone revealing previously undiagnosed colonic adenocarcinoma: report of a case and review of literature

Case No.

Age/Sex

Colon Site

Carcinoma Morphology

Foreign Body

Outcome

Reference No/Year

1

78/F

Sigmoid

Large carcinoma

Chicken bone

Full recovery

4/1985

2

64

Sigmoid

6.5 cm long circular ulcerated moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma without stenosis

pT3 N0 M0

Poultry bone

Full recovery

5/1996

3

57/M

Sigmoid

Exophytic infiltrating moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma

pT4 N1 M0

Metallic staple

Unknown

6/1997

4

69/M

Sigmoid

Polypoid mass, adenocarcinoma

Chicken bone

Unknown

7/2001

5

86/M

Sigmoid

5.5 × 4.4 cm circumferential ulcerated mucinous/signet ring adenocarcinoma

pT3 N2 MX

Chicken bone

Died 2 days postop from sepsis

2010