CURATIVE LAPAROSCOPIC RECTAL CANCER RESECTION IN A PATIENT WITH ASYMPTOMATIC METASTATIC DISEASE IN THE SMALL BOWEL MESENTERY FROM PROSTATE CANCER

Authors

  • Thomas Athisayaraj West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Ln, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ
  • Boby Sebastian West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Ln, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ
  • Akshay Akulwar West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Ln, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ
  • Emmanuel Lorejo West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Ln, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ
  • Justin Alberts West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Ln, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v4i5.1163

Abstract

Prostate cancer can cause metastatic deposits in the abdominal cavity and in the GI tract. Even though the incidence of GI metastasis in prostate cancer is very low it can happen and is often asymptomatic. Patients can develop another primary cancer and presence of such asymptomatic tiny deposits should not deter the curative surgery for potentially curable unrelated primary tumors

We present a 75 yr old man with rectal cancer who had curative laparoscopic low  anterior resection for that rectal cancer in the presence of minute atypical metastatic disease in the small bowel mesentery.

Conclusion: Asymptomatic metastatic deposits in the small bowel mesentery can happen in prostate cancer. Curative surgery for other unrelated primary cancer is possible and presence of these tiny metastatic deposits should not deter potential curative resection for other resectable cancer.

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Published

2020-05-31

How to Cite

Athisayaraj, T., Sebastian, B., Akulwar, A., Lorejo, E., & Alberts, J. (2020). CURATIVE LAPAROSCOPIC RECTAL CANCER RESECTION IN A PATIENT WITH ASYMPTOMATIC METASTATIC DISEASE IN THE SMALL BOWEL MESENTERY FROM PROSTATE CANCER. International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 4(5). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v4i5.1163

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 5 (2020)

Section

Research Articles

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