A 63-year-old woman with a family history of colon cancer presented with early satiety and loss of appetite. Physical examination was unremarkable apart from fullness in the epigastrium and a possible mass. In view of this, a computed tomography (CT) scan was performed. No upper abdominal pathology other than uncomplicated cholelithiasis was demonstrated. However, a 3-cm soft tissue mass was found to be present along the wall of the rectosigmoid colon (Fig. 1A).
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