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COLONIC TUMOURS FOLLOWING URETERO‐SIGMOIDOSTOMY
Author(s) -
WHITAKER ROBERT H.,
PUGH R. C. B.,
DOW D.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1971.tb10043.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urothelium , anastomosis , lesion , urinary obstruction , surgery , general surgery , urinary system , urinary bladder
SUMMARY Three cases of carcinoma complicating uretero‐colic anastomosis are described, and the findings in these and in a further 25 recorded in the literature are reviewed. The tumours may be of glandular type or originate in the urothelium. In most of the recorded cases the antecedent lesion was benign. Patients with uretero‐colic anastomoses need to be followed up regularly, and for many years, particular attention being paid to bowel symptoms or evidence of urinary obstruction. The prognosis is likely to be poor if the tumour that develops is of transitional or anaplastic type.