Colorectal cancer in young Cambodians.

Aim: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common disease in the older population, but it has become increasingly evident that it is also not infrequent in the young. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and pathological characteristics of CRC in young Cambodians.

Methods: We examined clinical and pathological data from all CRC cases registered in the two reference centres for gastrointestinal tumours in Cambodia between 2005-2010.

Clear-cell variant of solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas: a case report and review of the literature.

Solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) of the pancreas is a rare neoplasm reported to have a favourable prognosis because of its slow-growing behaviour. Ignored and misdiagnosed in the past, SPN has recently been increasingly studied. Its clear cell variant creates challenges in distinction from other clear cell tumours in the pancreas.