COLORECTAL CARCINOMA

FREQUENCY IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB.

Abstract

Objective: To note the frequency of colorectal carcinoma in southern Punjab. Design: Retrospective
observational study. Place and duration of study: Histopathology department Nishtar Hospital Multan from January
1993 to December 2003. Subject and Methods: Among 45114 surgical specimens received from January 1993 to
December 2003, 526 were diagnosed as cases of colorectal carcinoma out of these 316 were male and 210 were
female patients. Peak age for male was 51-60 years while for female it was 31-40 years. From all the received
specimens, appropriate number of sections were passed, haematoxylin and eosin staining was done and light
microscope was used for the diagnosis. Result: During ten year period total 526 cases were diagnosed as a case of
colorectal carcinoma. Among them, rectal carcinoma was the most common with over all male predominance.
Colorectal carcinoma was one to two decade earlier more common in female than in male. The commonest histological
variant was adenocarcinoma with an increasing tendency towards left side of colon. Conclusion: Colorectal carcinoma
is more common in males, earlier in females than males which needs further work up.