A Case of Advanced Rectal Cancer, Conducted Anal Function-preserving Surgery after releasing of Invagination

Naoya Yoshida, Nobutaka Sato, Kenichiro Yamamoto, Takeharu Maeda, Sinichiro Tanaka, Masaharu Odo, Takashi Kurizaki, Shigeru Katahuchi, Yoshio Haga and Satoshi Ikei

Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kumamoto Medical Center

We present a case of an 86-year-old man diagnosed with invagination by advanced rectal cancer. He was admitted elsewhere due to sudden melena and diagnosed with local advanced lower rectal cancer. We conducted Mile's operation. Legional invagination was found intraoperatively, so we conducted anal function-preserving surgery. Invagination by rectal cancer is infrequent, being reported, to our knowledge, in only 5 cases. We discuss our case in light of a review of the literature.

Key words
invagination, rectal cancer, anal function-preserving surgery

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Naoya Yoshida Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kumamoto Medical Center
1-5 Ninomaru, Kumamoto, 860-0008 JAPAN

Accepted
January 30, 2008

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