title: Intraluminal implantation of rectal carcinoma successfully resected by endoscopy.
abstract: A 55-year-old Japanese woman presented at our hospital complaining of hematochezia 4 months after surgery for a rectal carcinoma. A proctoscopy revealed 2 protuberant lesions in the rectum, 5 mm anally from the anastomotic suture line. The diagnosis of adenocarcinoma was confirmed by biopsy. It was considered that these lesions were caused by intraluminal implantation from the primary rectal carcinoma. The patient underwent an endoscopic resection for these recurrent lesions and has remained stable, with neither recurrence nor metastasis, in the 7 years since the resection. For rectal carcinoma, we propose early follow-up by proctoscopy, namely within 4 months after surgery.
authors: Department of Surgery, Iwakuni National Hospital, Japan. tanakaya@iwakuni-nh.go.jp
authors: Kohji
authors: K
authors: Tanakaya
authors: Norihiro
authors: N
authors: Teramoto
authors: Eiji
authors: E
authors: Konaga
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Takeuchi
authors: Yoshimasa
authors: Y
authors: Yasui
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Takeda
authors: Yasuhiro
authors: Y
authors: Yunoki
authors: Ichiro
authors: I
authors: Murakami
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D011351:Proctoscopy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*