Implantation anal metastases after out-patient treatment of haemorrhoids.
Viable exfoliated colorectal cancer cells may be implicated in some cases of suture line recurrence. Whether they can implant and grow on raw surfaces is debatable. Two cases of anal implantation metastases after out-patient haemorrhoidal treatment are described.
Abbasakoor
Faisal
F
Department of Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Gwent, UK.
Srivastava
Vivek
V
Swarnkar
Keshav
K
Stephenson
Brian M
BM
D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods