Colon cancer patient with long-term colon stent placement: Case report and literature review

Qing Huang; Min-Hong Zou; Wen-Long Liang; Jian-Chang Wei; Jie-Feng Xie; Yong-Qiang Li; Wang-Lin Li; Jie Cao

doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.972454

Colon cancer patient with long-term colon stent placement: Case report and literature review

Front Oncol. 2022 Aug 23:12:972454. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.972454. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Qing Huang¹, Min-Hong Zou², Wen-Long Liang¹, Jian-Chang Wei¹, Jie-Feng Xie¹, Yong-Qiang Li³, Wang-Lin Li¹, Jie Cao¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, the Second Affiliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
² Department of Ultrasound, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, the Second Affiliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer mortality globally. Large bowel obstruction (occurring in 15-30% of patients with CRCs) accounts for approximately 80% of medical emergencies related to CRC. Currently, there is no standard treatment of this condition. The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) recommends self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) as a bridge (two weeks) to surgery for left-sided obstructing colon cancer. In the present report, we describe an 81-year-old male with colon cancer who underwent colon stent placement for 32 months, but later underwent radical resection. A follow-up of more than four-months revealed that his condition was normal. The history as well as application and advantages of SEMS are discussed in this report.

Keywords: colon cancer; colon stent; elderly; radical resection; self-expandable metal stent (SEMS).

Publication types

Case Reports