Mucinous adenocarcinoma emerging in sigmoid colon neovagina 40 years after its creation: a case report

World J Surg Oncol. 2015 Jul 11:13:213. doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0636-0.

Abstract

Background: We reported our experience of adenocarcinoma of sigmoid colon neovagina.

Case presentation: A 67-year-old female with a history of neovagina construction for Rokitansky syndrome complained of vaginal bleeding. She had a mucinous adenocarcinoma at the anterior aspect of the neovagina. Her original surgery, using sigmoid colon to construct the artificial vagina, was 40 years ago

Conclusions: This patient's case may contribute to our understanding of carcinogenesis in the colon.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Colon, Sigmoid / transplantation*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures*
  • Surgically-Created Structures*
  • Vagina / abnormalities*
  • Vagina / surgery*