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Adenocarcinoma arising at an ileostomy site. Report of a case
Author(s) -
Cuesta M. A.,
Donner R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197602)37:2<949::aid-cncr2820370251>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - ileostomy , medicine , adenocarcinoma , stoma (medicine) , colectomy , ulcerative colitis , general surgery , abdominal wall , ileum , surgery , cancer , disease
A case is reported of a 60‐year‐old man, who developed an adenocarcinoma in the abdominal wall adjoining an ileostomy. Thirty‐one years previously a total colectomy was performed for ulcerative colitis. Because of extensive prolapse the ileostomy was excised 6 years before the final operation, and a fresh part of the ileum, 10 cm proximal to the original stoma, was reimplanted in the abdominal wall at the same location. The pathogenesis of the malignant growth is uncertain; several possibilities as to the course of events at the ileostomy and surrounding skin are discussed.