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.
Department of Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Gwent, UK.
Faisal
F
Abbasakoor
Vivek
V
Srivastava
Keshav
K
Swarnkar
Brian M
BM
Stephenson
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