A 'palliative' resection which became potentially curative.
We report a very unusual case of a woman with rectal cancer, who, at operation, appeared to have peritoneal metastases. An anterior resection was carried out, and subsequent histology showed the rectal tumour to be a well-differentiated Dukes' B adenocarcinoma, which had been completely excised. The apparent 'metastases' were found to be schistosomal granulomas and there was also a schistosomal granuloma within the tumour.
Section of Surgery, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
M G
MG
Dube
J H
JH
Scholefield
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*