A case report of endocrine cell carcinoma in the sigmoid colon with inferior mesenteric vein tumor embolism

Table 2 A summary of 14 colon and rectal cases complicated by tumor emboli in mesenteric veins

Age	Sex	Location	Histology	Depth	Size (mm)	H	Recurrent	Prognosis
50	F	A/SMV	Poor	-	10 × 50	-	Liver, lung	4 mo
53	M	S/IMV	Mod	-	-	+	Liver, local	-
77	F	T/SMV	Poor	-	15 × 40	-	-	-
62	M	A/SMV	Poor	se	8	-	None	-
65	F	A/SMV	Mod	si	-	-	None	7 mo alive
68	M	S/IMV	Mod	a2	5 × 50	-	None	24 mo alive
75	M	A/SMV	-	-	40	-	None	-
82	F	A/SMV	Mod	-	-	-	-	-
67	M	A/SMV	Mod	se	-	+	Liver	-
56	F	A/SMV	Muc	si	-	-	-	-
78	F	R/IMV	Well	se	10 × 185	-	None	-
47	F	T/SMV	Mod	-	-	-	-	5 mo alive
78	F	A/SMV	Poor	ss	-	-	-	5 mo
79	F	S/IMV	End	se	-	-	Liver	9 mo alive

A: Ascending colon; T: Transverse colon; S: Sigmoid colon; R: Rectum; H: Liver metastases; SMV: Superior mesenteric vein; IMV: Inferior mesenteric vein. Poor: Poorly differentiated; Mod: Moderately differentiated; Well: Well differentiated; Muc: Mucinous; End: Endothelial.