title: Palliation of malignant rectal obstruction from invasive prostate cancer with multiple overlapping self-expanding metal stents.
abstract: Self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) are used for colonic neoplastic and extracolonic metastatic obstruction relief. Limited data exists on their use for locally invasive prostate cancer. We describe a unique approach using overlapping SEMS to alleviate a rectosigmoid obstruction from locally invasive prostate cancer. A patient with locally advanced prostate cancer presented with obstipation and lymphedema. Placement of overlapping rectosigmoid SEMS was performed, relieving the visualized rectosigmoid obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Florida College of Medicine/Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 32207, USA.
authors.forename: Aja S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Vega
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Munoz
mesh_terms: D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D015607:Stents