Metachronous multiple carcinomas arising at a colostomy site 15 years after abdominoperineal resection: a case report and review of Japanese literature

Int Surg. 2009 Jan-Feb;94(1):54-7.

Abstract

Metachronous multiple carcinomas at the site of a stoma is a rare condition after surgery. A 67-year-old man with a second tumor at the stoma site 15 years after abdominoperineal resection for rectal carcinoma is reported herein with a review of the Japanese literature. The patient visited our hospital 20 years after initial surgery, presenting with constipation and increasing tumor size in the stoma. A biopsy specimen of the tumor revealed adenocarcinoma. Block resection of the sigmoid colon and colostomy with the adjacent abdominal wall was performed. Histopathological examination showed a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma in the stoma invading the adjacent skin. A median of 144 months from the initial operation was documented in 23 cases reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Colostomy*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Muscle Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Muscle Neoplasms / surgery
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery