label: Cecum Adenocarcinoma
label_lc: cecum adenocarcinoma
description: "An adenocarcinoma arising from the cecum.  It is more frequently seen in populations with a Western type diet and in patients with a history of chronic inflammatory bowel disease.  Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, serrated adenocarcinoma, cribriform comedo-type adenocarcinoma, and micropapillary adenocarcinoma."