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Article: Colon cancer hidden by appendicitis symptoms.
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 1990
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Colon Cancer Hidden By Appendicitis Symptoms
BRISTOL, ENGLAND: The doctor investigating appendicitis symptoms can be misled when the condition occurs in patients over the age of forty. Colon cancer could be the underlying problem.
Dr. J. Hill of Southmead Hospital in Bristol recently examined a 51-year-old man who complained of symptoms associated with appendicitis despite the fact that he had been operated upon for that condition. Further ivestigation proved that the previous surgery was a mistake, the result of misdiagnosis.
The cause of the patient's ...