Adenocarcinoma arising in a colonic interposition following a total gastrectomy: Report of a case

A segment of the transverse colon can be used for gastric reconstruction after a total gastrectomy. This report presents the case of a 68-year-old woman with primary adenocarcinoma of the colon in a segment used for reconstruction after a total gastrectomy. The interposed colon developed colon carci...

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Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2009-09, Vol.39 (9), p.800-802
Main Authors: Kuwabara, Yoshiyuki, Kimura, Masahiro, Mitsui, Akira, Ishiguro, Hideaki, Tomoda, Keisuke, Mori, Yoichiro, Ogawa, Ryo, Harata, Koshiro, Katada, Takeyasu, Fujii, Yoshitaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Adenocarcinoma - surgery
Aged
Anastomosis, Surgical
Case Report
Colectomy
Colon - pathology
Colon - transplantation
Colonic Neoplasms - pathology
Colonic Neoplasms - surgery
Esophagus - surgery
Female
Gastrectomy
Humans
Jejunum - surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Stomach Neoplasms - surgery
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
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Summary:A segment of the transverse colon can be used for gastric reconstruction after a total gastrectomy. This report presents the case of a 68-year-old woman with primary adenocarcinoma of the colon in a segment used for reconstruction after a total gastrectomy. The interposed colon developed colon carcinoma 9 years after the gastric reconstruction. The possibility of a primary carcinoma arising in a gastric colon interposition must be considered when employing the transverse colon as a gastric substitute.
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s00595-008-3932-2