Recurrent colonic cancer developing at the site of a stapled stump: report of a case.
We report herein the case of a 54-year-old woman who developed a recurrence of carcinoma in a stapled colon stump 2 years after undergoing an anterior resection for carcinoma of the rectosigmoid colon. At this time an end to end anastomosis (EEA) stapler had been used to perform a side-to-end anastomosis. The implantation of cancer cells was thought to have caused the recurrence.
Tsunoda
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Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
Shibusawa
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Kawamura
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Murakami
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Kusano
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D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D017792:Surgical Stapling