Preferred Label : Rectosigmoid Adenocarcinoma;
NCIt definition : An adenocarcinoma arising from the rectosigmoid area. It is more frequently seen in
populations with a Western type diet and in patients with a history of chronic inflammatory
bowel disease. Signs and symptoms include intestinal bleeding, anemia, and change
in bowel habits. According to the degree of cellular differentiation, rectosigmoid
adenocarcinomas are divided into well, moderately, and poorly differentiated. Histologic
variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, medullary carcinoma,
serrated adenocarcinoma, cribriform comedo-type adenocarcinoma, and micropapillary
adenocarcinoma.;
Neoplastic status : Malignant;
Origin ID : C43584;
UMLS CUI : C1711390;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Disease may have findings
- Has associated anatomic sites
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
- disease_excludes_finding
- disease_has_abnormal_cell
- disease_has_finding
- disease_has_normal_cell_origin
- disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- disease_mapped_to_gene
- disease_may_have_molecular_abnormality
