<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Colon cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases with high grade of malignancy and mortality at high rate. Approximately one million people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year. Metastases affect mostly the liver, followed by the lungs. Here is a rare case of a patient with rectal cancer without disease progression or recurrence who underwent surgery due to a trans-stomal hernia, combined with high transstomal fistula of the ileum. Acute respiratory failure developed in the postoperative period and led to fatal deterioration as a result of enlarged metastatic mediastinal lymph nodes, which was very difficult to diagnose.</p></abstract>

Colon cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases with high grade of malignancy and mortality at high rate. Approximately one million people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year. Metastases affect mostly the liver, followed by the lungs. Here is a rare case of a patient with rectal cancer without disease progression or recurrence who underwent surgery due to a trans-stomal hernia, combined with high transstomal fistula of the ileum. Acute respiratory failure developed in the postoperative period and led to fatal deterioration as a result of enlarged metastatic mediastinal lymph nodes, which was very difficult to diagnose.

A Rare Case Of A Trans-Stomal Hernia, Combined With Undiagnosed Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In A Patient With Rectal Cancer

Clinic of Anaesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Care, Oncology Center, Medical University – Pleven

Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical University – Pleven

Clinic of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Minimally-invasive Gynecology Surgery, Medical University – Pleven, Bulgaria

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research

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Colon cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases with high grade of malignancy and mortality at high rate. Approximately one million people are...

A Rare Case Of A Trans-Stomal Hernia, Combined With Undiagnosed Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In A Patient With Rectal Cancer

Published Online: Dec 10, 2015

Page range: 81 - 85

Received: Apr 01, 2015

Accepted: May 18, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2015-0157

Keywords
rectal cancer, transstomal hernia, lymph node metastases

© 2015 Kameliya T. Tsvetanova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Rare Case Of A Trans-Stomal Hernia, Combined With Undiagnosed Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In A Patient With Rectal Cancer

Published Online: Dec 10, 2015

Page range: 81 - 85

Received: Apr 01, 2015

Accepted: May 18, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2015-0157

Keywordsrectal cancer, transstomal hernia, lymph node metastases

© 2015 Kameliya T. Tsvetanova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
rectal cancer, transstomal hernia, lymph node metastases