title: Concomitant rectal cancer and abdominal aortic aneurysm: a management strategy.
abstract: The simultaneous occurrence of abdominal aortic aneurysm and rectal cancer is uncommon but represents a therapeutic dilemma. We report two patients in whom endovascular stenting of the aneurysm was not feasible. These patients were managed by an initial retroperitoneal aortic repair followed a few weeks later by an ultra low anterior resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Foundation Trust, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 9NA, UK. tony.ward@bnhft.nhs.uk
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deans
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015897:Comorbidity; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed