title: Giant colonic mucocele following palliative surgery for recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.
abstract: We report an unusual complication following palliative surgery in a patient with carcinomatosis peritonei from recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. At surgery the ascending colon was bypassed and isolated. Eight months later the patient presented with a giant mucocele. We believe this to be the first reported case in the gynecologic literature. This complication could have been prevented by adhering to the standard surgical management of fashioning a mucous fistula.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lense
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009078:Mucocele / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*