Adenocarcinoma arising in a colonic interposition following a total gastrectomy: report of a case.
A segment of the transverse colon can be used for gastric reconstruction after a total gastrectomy. This report presents the case of a 68-year-old woman with primary adenocarcinoma of the colon in a segment used for reconstruction after a total gastrectomy. The interposed colon developed colon carcinoma 9 years after the gastric reconstruction. The possibility of a primary carcinoma arising in a gastric colon interposition must be considered when employing the transverse colon as a gastric substitute.
Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
Yoshiyuki
Y
Kuwabara
Masahiro
M
Kimura
Akira
A
Mitsui
Hideaki
H
Ishiguro
Keisuke
K
Tomoda
Yoichiro
Y
Mori
Ryo
R
Ogawa
Koshiro
K
Harata
Takeyasu
T
Katada
Yoshitaka
Y
Fujii
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003082:Colectomy; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology* / Q000637:transplantation*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*