Cancer of the Sigmoid Colon Complicated by Liver Abscess : A Case Report
- VernacularTitle:肝膿瘍を合併したS状結腸癌の1例
- Author:
Masashi ZUGUCHI
1
;
Kenjiro HAYASHI
1
;
Kazuki FUSEGAWA
1
;
Daisuke ISHII
1
;
Haruka MOTEGI
1
;
Naruhito TAKIDO
1
;
Hiroyuki OGASAWARA
1
;
Yasushi KAWAHARADA
1
;
Yousuke KUBOTA
1
;
Yoshitaka ENOMOTO
1
;
Katsu HIRAYAMA
1
;
Megumi ZUGUCHI
2
;
Ken SAITOU
1
Author Information
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2020;68(5):648-
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: A 70-year-old man with continuous diarrhea for over 1 month consulted a primary care doctor. He was treated with oral antibiotics and probiotics but his condition worsened. He developed generalized edema and was referred to our hospital. Abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scan findings were suggestive of colon cancer with accompanying liver metastasis. Total colonoscopy and endoscopy for pathological diagnosis led to a diagnosis of cancer of the sigmoid colon accompanied with liver metastasis or liver abscess. We planned to perform sigmoidectomy with simultaneous resection of the liver lesion. However, we considered that he was not particularly fit to undergo two concurrent surgeries. Therefore, based on his physical condition, we planned to first do a sigmoidectomy. Before surgery, the fever persisted and a repeat CT scan showed deterioration of the liver lesion. We diagnosed the liver lesion as abscess and performed percutaneous transhepatic abscess drainage (PTAD). Three days after PTAD, we then performed sigmoidectomy. Subsequently, the liver abscess resolved and gradually disappeared. At 5 years after surgery, there has been no recurrence of the cancer or abscess.
