The utilization of intraluminal formalin for intractable rectal haemorrhage in advanced rectal cancer: a case report.
A patient with a metastatic fixed low rectal carcinoma presented severe rectal bleeding requiring massive transfusion over with a 36-hour period. Bleeding was controlled with the instillation of a 4% intrarectal formalin solution permitting the completion of a course of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. This technique has been reserved for intractable transfusion-dependent radiation proctitis and is presented as a primary alternative in severe rectal bleeding from inoperable rectal cancer.
Zbar
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AP
Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of the West Indies, Martindales Road, St. Michael, Barbados. apzbar@hotmail.com
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D000285:Administration, Rectal; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
D005557:Formaldehyde