title: Adenocarcinoma of an ileostomy in a patient with ulcerative colitis.
abstract: A case is reported of adenocarcinoma of the ileum following surgical management of ulcerative colitis. In this patient it seems likely that the carcinoma arose in a pre-existing tubulovillous adenoma of rectal origin. This case report draws attention to the need to exclude any possibility of retention of large-intestinal mucosa in the ileostomy when transecting the ileum, either at primary colectomy or when dismantling an ileorectal anastomosis.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007081:Ileostomy; D008297:Male