Complete Rectal Prolapse Combined with Rectal Cancer: A Case Report.
- Author:
Tae Soon LEE
1
;
Ok Suk BAE
;
Sung Dae PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea. parksd@dsmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rectal prolapse;
Colorectal carcinoma;
Perineal rectosigmoidectomy
- MeSH:
Aged;
Colorectal Neoplasms;
Constipation;
Female;
Humans;
Prolapse;
Rectal Neoplasms*;
Rectal Prolapse*
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
2005;21(3):178-180
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Colorectal cancer and rectal prolapse occur more frequently in elderly patients. Although the relationship between complete rectal prolapse and colorectal cancer has not yet been clarified, when both diseases develop simultaneously in a patient, it may be due to just coincidence or to a promotion of prolapse due to accelerated constipation caused by cancer. Thus, patients with a sudden onset of rectal prolapse should be screened for colorectal cancer. We report a case of complete rectal prolapse combined with early rectal cancer in a 75 year-old woman who was successfully treated with a perineal rectosigmoidectomy.
