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*Colorectal cancer must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [[Abdominal pain|lower abdominal pain]] and [[fever]] like [[appendicitis]], [[diverticulitis]], [[inflammatory bowel disease]], [[cystitis]], and [[endometritis]].<ref name="pmid17573742">{{cite journal| author=Laurell H, Hansson LE, Gunnarsson U| title=Acute diverticulitis--clinical presentation and differential diagnostics. | journal=Colorectal Dis | year= 2007 | volume= 9 | issue= 6 | pages= 496-501; discussion 501-2 | pmid=17573742 | doi=10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01162.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17573742 }} </ref><ref>Hardin, M. Acute Appendicitis: Review and Update. ''Am Fam Physician".1999, Nov 1;60(7):2027-2034''</ref><ref name="pmid8596552">{{cite journal| author=Hanauer SB| title=Inflammatory bowel disease. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1996 | volume= 334 | issue= 13 | pages= 841-8 | pmid=8596552 | doi=10.1056/NEJM199603283341307 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8596552 }} </ref><ref name="hhh">Cystitis-acute. MedlinePlus.https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000526.htm Accessed on February 9, 2016</ref><ref name="nlm">Prostatitis - bacterial. NLM Medline Plus 2016. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000519.htm. Accessed on March 2, 2016</ref><ref name="pmid27107781">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ford GW, Decker CF |title=Pelvic inflammatory disease |journal=Dis Mon |volume=62 |issue=8 |pages=301–5 |year=2016 |pmid=27107781 |doi=10.1016/j.disamonth.2016.03.015 |url=}}</ref> | *Colorectal cancer must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [[Abdominal pain|lower abdominal pain]] and [[fever]] like [[appendicitis]], [[diverticulitis]], [[inflammatory bowel disease]], [[cystitis]], and [[endometritis]].<ref name="pmid17573742">{{cite journal| author=Laurell H, Hansson LE, Gunnarsson U| title=Acute diverticulitis--clinical presentation and differential diagnostics. | journal=Colorectal Dis | year= 2007 | volume= 9 | issue= 6 | pages= 496-501; discussion 501-2 | pmid=17573742 | doi=10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01162.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17573742 }} </ref><ref>Hardin, M. Acute Appendicitis: Review and Update. ''Am Fam Physician".1999, Nov 1;60(7):2027-2034''</ref><ref name="pmid8596552">{{cite journal| author=Hanauer SB| title=Inflammatory bowel disease. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1996 | volume= 334 | issue= 13 | pages= 841-8 | pmid=8596552 | doi=10.1056/NEJM199603283341307 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8596552 }} </ref><ref name="hhh">Cystitis-acute. MedlinePlus.https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000526.htm Accessed on February 9, 2016</ref><ref name="nlm">Prostatitis - bacterial. NLM Medline Plus 2016. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000519.htm. Accessed on March 2, 2016</ref><ref name="pmid27107781">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ford GW, Decker CF |title=Pelvic inflammatory disease |journal=Dis Mon |volume=62 |issue=8 |pages=301–5 |year=2016 |pmid=27107781 |doi=10.1016/j.disamonth.2016.03.015 |url=}}</ref> | ||
'''Other conditions that can be mistaken for colorectal cancer include the following:''' | |||
*Benign colon polyps | |||
*[[Ischemic colitis]] | |||
*[[Infectious colitis]] | |||
*[[Arteriovenous malformation]] ([[AVM]]) | |||
*[[Carcinoid]]/[[neuroendocrine]] tumors | |||
*[[Small intestine]] carcinomas | |||
*Gastrointestinal lymphoma | |||
*[[Ileus]] | |||
*[[Pregnancy]] | |||
*[[Appendicitis]] | |||
*[[Hernia]] | |||
*[[Lactose intolerance]] | |||
*[[Flatulence]] | |||
*[[Ulcer]] | |||
*[[Cholecystitis]] | |||
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! rowspan="4" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Diseases | ! rowspan="4" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Diseases | ||
| colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |'''Clinical manifestations''' | | colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |'''Clinical manifestations''' | ||
! colspan=" | ! colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Para-clinical findings | ||
| colspan="1" rowspan="4" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |'''Gold standard''' | | colspan="1" rowspan="4" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |'''Gold standard''' | ||
! rowspan="4" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Comments | ! rowspan="4" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Comments | ||
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| colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |'''Symptoms''' | | colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |'''Symptoms''' | ||
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! colspan=" | ! colspan="2" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Lab Findings | ||
! colspan="3" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Imaging | ! colspan="3" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Imaging | ||
! rowspan="2" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Histopathology | ! rowspan="2" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Histopathology | ||
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! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Anemia | ! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Anemia | ||
! | ! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Tumor marker | ||
! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Endoscopy | ! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Endoscopy | ||
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* Bright red, flat lesions | * Bright red, flat lesions | ||
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* [[Nausea and vomiting|Nausea/vomiting(N/V)]] | * [[Nausea and vomiting|Nausea/vomiting(N/V)]] | ||
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| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |Not recommended <ref name="ShenChen2005">{{cite journal|last1=Shen|first1=Shu-Huei|last2=Chen|first2=Jen-Dar|last3=Tiu|first3=Chui-Mei|last4=Chou|first4=Yi-Hong|last5=Chiang|first5=Jen-Huei|last6=Chang|first6=Cheng-Yen|last7=Lee|first7=Chen-Hsen|title=Differentiating Colonic Diverticulitis from Colon Cancer: The Value of Computed Tomography in the Emergency Setting|journal=Journal of the Chinese Medical Association|volume=68|issue=9|year=2005|pages=411–418|issn=17264901|doi=10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70156-X}}</ref> | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |Not recommended <ref name="ShenChen2005">{{cite journal|last1=Shen|first1=Shu-Huei|last2=Chen|first2=Jen-Dar|last3=Tiu|first3=Chui-Mei|last4=Chou|first4=Yi-Hong|last5=Chiang|first5=Jen-Huei|last6=Chang|first6=Cheng-Yen|last7=Lee|first7=Chen-Hsen|title=Differentiating Colonic Diverticulitis from Colon Cancer: The Value of Computed Tomography in the Emergency Setting|journal=Journal of the Chinese Medical Association|volume=68|issue=9|year=2005|pages=411–418|issn=17264901|doi=10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70156-X}}</ref> | ||
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* Painful, hard lump in anus | * Painful, hard lump in anus | ||
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* [[Anoscopy]]: Protruding mass from the [[anus]] | * [[Anoscopy]]: Protruding mass from the [[anus]] | ||
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* [[Irritation]] | * [[Irritation]] | ||
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* [[Anoscopy]]: Anal wall laceration | * [[Anoscopy]]: Anal wall laceration | ||
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* [[Bloating]] | * [[Bloating]] | ||
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* Patchy or diffuse [[Erythematous|erythematous mucosa]] | * Patchy or diffuse [[Erythematous|erythematous mucosa]] | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Peutz-Jeghers syndrome]]<ref name="pmid27298573">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhong ME, Niu BZ, Ji WY, Wu B |title=Laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with synchronous rectal cancer |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=22 |issue=22 |pages=5293–6 |date=June 2016 |pmid=27298573 |doi=10.3748/wjg.v22.i22.5293 |url=}}</ref> | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Peutz-Jeghers syndrome]]<ref name="pmid27298573">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhong ME, Niu BZ, Ji WY, Wu B |title=Laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with synchronous rectal cancer |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=22 |issue=22 |pages=5293–6 |date=June 2016 |pmid=27298573 |doi=10.3748/wjg.v22.i22.5293 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* Multiple [[hamartomatous]] [[polyps]] on [[Histological|histological analysis]]<ref name="urlPeutz-Jeghers Syndrome - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1266/#pjs.Diagnosis |title=Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="BeggsLatchford2010">{{cite journal|last1=Beggs|first1=A. D.|last2=Latchford|first2=A. R.|last3=Vasen|first3=H. F. A.|last4=Moslein|first4=G.|last5=Alonso|first5=A.|last6=Aretz|first6=S.|last7=Bertario|first7=L.|last8=Blanco|first8=I.|last9=Bulow|first9=S.|last10=Burn|first10=J.|last11=Capella|first11=G.|last12=Colas|first12=C.|last13=Friedl|first13=W.|last14=Moller|first14=P.|last15=Hes|first15=F. J.|last16=Jarvinen|first16=H.|last17=Mecklin|first17=J.-P.|last18=Nagengast|first18=F. M.|last19=Parc|first19=Y.|last20=Phillips|first20=R. K. S.|last21=Hyer|first21=W.|last22=Ponz de Leon|first22=M.|last23=Renkonen-Sinisalo|first23=L.|last24=Sampson|first24=J. R.|last25=Stormorken|first25=A.|last26=Tejpar|first26=S.|last27=Thomas|first27=H. J. W.|last28=Wijnen|first28=J. T.|last29=Clark|first29=S. K.|last30=Hodgson|first30=S. V.|title=Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: a systematic review and recommendations for management|journal=Gut|volume=59|issue=7|year=2010|pages=975–986|issn=0017-5749|doi=10.1136/gut.2009.198499}}</ref> | * Multiple [[hamartomatous]] [[polyps]] on [[Histological|histological analysis]]<ref name="urlPeutz-Jeghers Syndrome - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1266/#pjs.Diagnosis |title=Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="BeggsLatchford2010">{{cite journal|last1=Beggs|first1=A. D.|last2=Latchford|first2=A. R.|last3=Vasen|first3=H. F. A.|last4=Moslein|first4=G.|last5=Alonso|first5=A.|last6=Aretz|first6=S.|last7=Bertario|first7=L.|last8=Blanco|first8=I.|last9=Bulow|first9=S.|last10=Burn|first10=J.|last11=Capella|first11=G.|last12=Colas|first12=C.|last13=Friedl|first13=W.|last14=Moller|first14=P.|last15=Hes|first15=F. J.|last16=Jarvinen|first16=H.|last17=Mecklin|first17=J.-P.|last18=Nagengast|first18=F. M.|last19=Parc|first19=Y.|last20=Phillips|first20=R. K. S.|last21=Hyer|first21=W.|last22=Ponz de Leon|first22=M.|last23=Renkonen-Sinisalo|first23=L.|last24=Sampson|first24=J. R.|last25=Stormorken|first25=A.|last26=Tejpar|first26=S.|last27=Thomas|first27=H. J. W.|last28=Wijnen|first28=J. T.|last29=Clark|first29=S. K.|last30=Hodgson|first30=S. V.|title=Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: a systematic review and recommendations for management|journal=Gut|volume=59|issue=7|year=2010|pages=975–986|issn=0017-5749|doi=10.1136/gut.2009.198499}}</ref> | ||
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*[[Genetic testing]] for [[STK11]] | *[[Genetic testing]] for [[STK11]] | ||
*[[Colonoscopy]] <ref name="KopacovaTacheci20093">{{cite journal|last1=Kopacova|first1=Marcela|last2=Tacheci|first2=Ilja|last3=Rejchrt|first3=Stanislav|last4=Bures|first4=Jan|title=Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: Diagnostic and therapeuticapproach|journal=World Journal of Gastroenterology|volume=15|issue=43|year=2009|pages=5397|issn=1007-9327|doi=10.3748/wjg.15.5397}}</ref> | *[[Colonoscopy]] <ref name="KopacovaTacheci20093">{{cite journal|last1=Kopacova|first1=Marcela|last2=Tacheci|first2=Ilja|last3=Rejchrt|first3=Stanislav|last4=Bures|first4=Jan|title=Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: Diagnostic and therapeuticapproach|journal=World Journal of Gastroenterology|volume=15|issue=43|year=2009|pages=5397|issn=1007-9327|doi=10.3748/wjg.15.5397}}</ref> | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Carcinoid|Carcinoids]]<ref name="pmid20011309">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chung TP, Hunt SR |title=Carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors of the colon and rectum |journal=Clin Colon Rectal Surg |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=45–8 |date=May 2006 |pmid=20011309 |pmc=2780103 |doi=10.1055/s-2006-942343 |url=}}</ref> | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Carcinoid|Carcinoids]]<ref name="pmid20011309">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chung TP, Hunt SR |title=Carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors of the colon and rectum |journal=Clin Colon Rectal Surg |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=45–8 |date=May 2006 |pmid=20011309 |pmc=2780103 |doi=10.1055/s-2006-942343 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* [[Biopsy]] and [[Histopathology|histopathological analysis]] | * [[Biopsy]] and [[Histopathology|histopathological analysis]] | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Juvenile polyposis syndrome|Juvenile Polyposis Coli]]<ref name="pmid7054044">{{cite journal |vauthors=Grotsky HW, Rickert RR, Smith WD, Newsome JF |title=Familial juvenile polyposis coli. A clinical and pathologic study of a large kindred |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=82 |issue=3 |pages=494–501 |date=March 1982 |pmid=7054044 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Juvenile polyposis syndrome|Juvenile Polyposis Coli]]<ref name="pmid7054044">{{cite journal |vauthors=Grotsky HW, Rickert RR, Smith WD, Newsome JF |title=Familial juvenile polyposis coli. A clinical and pathologic study of a large kindred |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=82 |issue=3 |pages=494–501 |date=March 1982 |pmid=7054044 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* Visualization of multiple [[polyps]] in [[gastrointestinal tract]] by [[endoscopy]] | * Visualization of multiple [[polyps]] in [[gastrointestinal tract]] by [[endoscopy]] | ||
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* Individuals who meet clinical criteria should get genetic testing germline mutation in the ''BMPR1A'' and ''SMAD4'' genes.<ref name="pmid229654022">{{cite journal |vauthors=Latchford AR, Neale K, Phillips RK, Clark SK |title=Juvenile polyposis syndrome: a study of genotype, phenotype, and long-term outcome |journal=Dis. Colon Rectum |volume=55 |issue=10 |pages=1038–43 |date=October 2012 |pmid=22965402 |doi=10.1097/DCR.0b013e31826278b3 |url=}}</ref> | * Individuals who meet clinical criteria should get genetic testing germline mutation in the ''BMPR1A'' and ''SMAD4'' genes.<ref name="pmid229654022">{{cite journal |vauthors=Latchford AR, Neale K, Phillips RK, Clark SK |title=Juvenile polyposis syndrome: a study of genotype, phenotype, and long-term outcome |journal=Dis. Colon Rectum |volume=55 |issue=10 |pages=1038–43 |date=October 2012 |pmid=22965402 |doi=10.1097/DCR.0b013e31826278b3 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Gastrointestinal stromal tumor|Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)]]<ref name="pmid24778074">{{cite journal |vauthors=Niazi AK, Kaley K, Saif MW |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of colon: a case report and review of literature |journal=Anticancer Res. |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=2547–50 |date=May 2014 |pmid=24778074 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid247780742">{{cite journal |vauthors=Niazi AK, Kaley K, Saif MW |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of colon: a case report and review of literature |journal=Anticancer Res. |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=2547–50 |date=May 2014 |pmid=24778074 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Gastrointestinal stromal tumor|Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)]]<ref name="pmid24778074">{{cite journal |vauthors=Niazi AK, Kaley K, Saif MW |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of colon: a case report and review of literature |journal=Anticancer Res. |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=2547–50 |date=May 2014 |pmid=24778074 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid247780742">{{cite journal |vauthors=Niazi AK, Kaley K, Saif MW |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of colon: a case report and review of literature |journal=Anticancer Res. |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=2547–50 |date=May 2014 |pmid=24778074 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* Mostly [[asymptomatic]]<ref name="pmid15613856">{{cite journal |vauthors=Miettinen M, Sobin LH, Lasota J |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 1765 cases with long-term follow-up |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=52–68 |date=January 2005 |pmid=15613856 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | * Mostly [[asymptomatic]]<ref name="pmid15613856">{{cite journal |vauthors=Miettinen M, Sobin LH, Lasota J |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 1765 cases with long-term follow-up |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=52–68 |date=January 2005 |pmid=15613856 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* Non-specific symptoms | * Non-specific symptoms | ||
* Early satiety and bloating | * Early satiety and bloating | ||
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* KIT protein | * KIT protein | ||
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* [[Biopsy]] and [[Histopathological|histopathological analysis]] | * [[Biopsy]] and [[Histopathological|histopathological analysis]] | ||
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* [[Cytological|Cytologic analysis]], and [[immunohistochemistry]] for KIT protein expression confirms the [[diagnosis]] of these [[Lesion|lesions]] | * [[Cytological|Cytologic analysis]], and [[immunohistochemistry]] for KIT protein expression confirms the [[diagnosis]] of these [[Lesion|lesions]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Colorectal cancer must be differentiated from other diseases that cause unexplained weight loss, unexplained loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, anemia, jaundice, and fatigue, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and diverticular disease. There are less common conditions that may be confused as colorectal cancer such as infectious colitis and gastrointestinal lymphoma.
Colorectal Cancer Differential Diagnosis
- Colorectal cancer must be differentiated from other diseases that cause lower abdominal pain and fever like appendicitis, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, cystitis, and endometritis.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Other conditions that can be mistaken for colorectal cancer include the following:
- Benign colon polyps
- Ischemic colitis
- Infectious colitis
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Carcinoid/neuroendocrine tumors
- Small intestine carcinomas
- Gastrointestinal lymphoma
- Ileus
- Pregnancy
- Appendicitis
- Hernia
- Lactose intolerance
- Flatulence
- Ulcer
- Cholecystitis
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References
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