[A case of sigmoid colon cancer with abdominal wall abscess]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2014 Nov;41(12):1779-81.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 63-year-old man was admitted for an abdominal mass. Computed tomography revealed an abscess (21 × 20 cm) in the abdominal wall and a tumor in the sigmoid colon. Thus, cancer of the sigmoid colon complicated by an abscess of the abdominal wall was diagnosed. The abscess was drained and transverse colostomy was performed with curative intent. After the intervention, chemotherapy (XELOX×3) was administered. Three months later, sigmoidectomy was performed and the stoma was closed. Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the resected specimen detected no remnants of cancer. In patients with advanced colon cancer and abdominal wall involvement, a two-stage operation and preoperative chemotherapy may be considered essential when curative resection is performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Abscess / etiology*
  • Abdominal Abscess / surgery
  • Abdominal Wall / pathology*
  • Abdominal Wall / surgery
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Capecitabine
  • Colostomy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Drainage
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxaloacetates
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Oxaloacetates
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Capecitabine
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • XELOX