Perineal pain: a case report.
Perineal pain caused by cancer in the pelvic region is difficult to manage. Systemic narcotics often provide incomplete relief. A patient with perineal pain due to recurrence of a rectal carcinoma successfully treated with repeated intrathecal neurolytic blocks is described.
Hellendoorn-Smit
M
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Department of Anaesthesiology/Pain Management Unit, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Huis), Amsterdam.
Overweg-van Kints
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D006801:Humans; D007268:Injections, Epidural; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009407:Nerve Block; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010502:Perineum; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology
D009020:Morphine