AIM: To compare the clinicopathological features of patients with non-schistosomal rectosigmoid cancer and schistosomal rectosigmoid cancer.METHODS: All the patients with rectosigmoid carcinoma who underwent laparosco...AIM: To compare the clinicopathological features of patients with non-schistosomal rectosigmoid cancer and schistosomal rectosigmoid cancer.METHODS: All the patients with rectosigmoid carcinoma who underwent laparoscopic radical surgical resection in the Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgical Center at Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University between October 2009 and October2013 were included in this study. Twenty-six cases of colonic schistosomiasis diagnosed through colonoscopy and pathological examinations were collected. Symptoms,endoscopic findings and clinicopathological characteristics were evaluated retrospectively.RESULTS: There were no significant differences between patients with and without schistosomiasis in gender, age, CEA, CA19-9, preoperative biopsy findings or postoperative pathology. Patients with rectosigmoid schistosomiasis had a significantly higher CA-125 level and a larger proportion of these patients were at an early tumor stage(P = 0.003). Various morphological characteristics of schistosomiasis combined with rectosigmoid cancer could be found by colonoscopic examination: 46% were fungating mass polyps, 23%were congestive and ulcerative polyps, 23% were cauliflower-like masses, 8% were annular masses.Only 27% of the patients were diagnosed with rectal carcinoma preoperatively after the biopsy. Computed tomography(CT) scans showed thickened intestinal walls combined with linear and tram-track calcifications in 26 patients.CONCLUSION: Rectosigmoid carcinoma combined with schistosomiasis is associated with higher CA-125 values and early tumor stages. CA-125 and CT scans have a reasonable sensitivity for the accurate diagnosis.展开更多
Rectal foreign bodies are man-made injury that occurs occasionally.The management depends on its depth and the consequence it caused.We here report a case of rectal foreign body(a glass bottle measuring about 38 mm...Rectal foreign bodies are man-made injury that occurs occasionally.The management depends on its depth and the consequence it caused.We here report a case of rectal foreign body(a glass bottle measuring about 38 mm×75 mm)which was located 13-15 cm from the anus.The patient had no sign of perforation,and we managed to remove it using endoscopy with gastrolith forceps.展开更多
AIM: To review the risk of proximal colon cancer in patients undergoing colonoscopy.METHODS: We estimated the risk of advanced proximal adenomas and cancers in 6 196 consecutive patients that underwent colonoscopy (me...AIM: To review the risk of proximal colon cancer in patients undergoing colonoscopy.METHODS: We estimated the risk of advanced proximal adenomas and cancers in 6 196 consecutive patients that underwent colonoscopy (mean age 60 years, 65% males,without prior history of colorectal examination). Neoplasms were classified as diminutive adenoma (5 mm or less),small adenoma (6-9 mm), advanced adenoma (10 mm or more, with villous component or high-grade dysplasia)and cancer (invasive adenocarcinoma). The sites of neoplasms were defined as rectosigmoid (rectum and sigmoid colon) and proximal colon (from cecum to descending colon).RESULTS: The trend of the prevalence of advanced proximal adenoma was to increase with severe rectosigmoid findings, while the prevalence of proximal colon cancer did not increase with severe rectosigmoid findings. Among the 157 patients with proximal colon cancer, 74% had no neoplasm in the rectosigmoid colon. Multivariate logisticregression analysis revealed that age was the main predictor of proximal colon cancer and existence of rectosigmoid adenoma was not a predictor of proximal colon cancer.CONCLUSION: Sigmoidoscopy is inadequate for colorectal cancer screening, especially in older populations.展开更多
Fish bones are the most common foreign objects leading to bowel perforation.Most cases are confined to the extraluminal space without penetration of an adjacent organ.However,abscess formation due to the perforation o...Fish bones are the most common foreign objects leading to bowel perforation.Most cases are confined to the extraluminal space without penetration of an adjacent organ.However,abscess formation due to the perforation of the rectosigmoid colon by a fish bone can lead to the penetration of the urinary bladder and may subsequently cause the fish bone to migrate into the urinary bladder.In the presented case,a 42-yearold female was admitted for lower abdominal pain.The computed tomography(CT)demonstrated a 5cm pelvic abscess containing a thin and curvilinear foreign body.After conservative management,the patient was discharged.After 1 mo,the subject developed a mechanical ileus.Surgery had to be delayed due to her hyperthyroidism.Migration of the foreign body to the urinary bladder was shown on additional CT.A Yellowish fish bone 3.5 cm in size was removed through intraoperative cystoscopy.The patient was discharged 8 d after the operation without any unexpected event.展开更多
BACKGROUND Compared with colorectal adenocarcinoma,basaloid squamous cell carcinomas(BSCCs)arising in the colorectum are rare and have very poor prognosis.To date,only nine cases have been reported.Most BSCCs are exte...BACKGROUND Compared with colorectal adenocarcinoma,basaloid squamous cell carcinomas(BSCCs)arising in the colorectum are rare and have very poor prognosis.To date,only nine cases have been reported.Most BSCCs are extensively involved in metastasis to the lymph node,liver,and lung at diagnosis.Despite many clinicians attempting to effectively treat BSCCs,therapeutic consensus has not been established due to lack of information.CASE SUMMARY A 58-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain,diarrhea,fever,and hematochezia.She was referred from a department of gynecology and was diagnosed with a suspicious leiomyosarcoma of the rectum or a pedunculated myoma of the uterus.An exophytic growing mass at the right lateral wall of the rectum with an internal cystic portion and hemorrhage was observed on magnetic resonance imaging.The patient underwent low anterior resection and total hysterectomy with bilateral salphingo-oophorectomy.Histopathological findings revealed a cellular mass with a solid growth pattern and few glandular structures,many foci of intratumoral necrosis,and a palisading pattern.The pathologist diagnosed tumor as a BSCC,and the patient received chemotherapy with fluorouracil/leucovorin without radiotherapy.The patient is currently alive 8 years after the surgery with no manifestations of metastatic colon cancer.CONCLUSION Our case suggest that curative resection and chemotherapy play important roles in improving survival,and radiotherapy may be an option to avoid radiationassociated enteritis.展开更多
The most common presentation of congenital absence ofthe vagina is known as Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser（MRKH） syndrome.Several procedures, invasiveand noninvasive, have been used for the creation of aneovagina. A...The most common presentation of congenital absence ofthe vagina is known as Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser（MRKH） syndrome.Several procedures, invasiveand noninvasive, have been used for the creation of aneovagina. A technique frequently used for this purposein China over the last 20 years is rectosigmoidcolpopoiesis. Here we report a successful rectosigmoidcolpopoiesis done laparoscopically in a patient withMRKH syndrome.展开更多
文摘AIM: To compare the clinicopathological features of patients with non-schistosomal rectosigmoid cancer and schistosomal rectosigmoid cancer.METHODS: All the patients with rectosigmoid carcinoma who underwent laparoscopic radical surgical resection in the Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgical Center at Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University between October 2009 and October2013 were included in this study. Twenty-six cases of colonic schistosomiasis diagnosed through colonoscopy and pathological examinations were collected. Symptoms,endoscopic findings and clinicopathological characteristics were evaluated retrospectively.RESULTS: There were no significant differences between patients with and without schistosomiasis in gender, age, CEA, CA19-9, preoperative biopsy findings or postoperative pathology. Patients with rectosigmoid schistosomiasis had a significantly higher CA-125 level and a larger proportion of these patients were at an early tumor stage(P = 0.003). Various morphological characteristics of schistosomiasis combined with rectosigmoid cancer could be found by colonoscopic examination: 46% were fungating mass polyps, 23%were congestive and ulcerative polyps, 23% were cauliflower-like masses, 8% were annular masses.Only 27% of the patients were diagnosed with rectal carcinoma preoperatively after the biopsy. Computed tomography(CT) scans showed thickened intestinal walls combined with linear and tram-track calcifications in 26 patients.CONCLUSION: Rectosigmoid carcinoma combined with schistosomiasis is associated with higher CA-125 values and early tumor stages. CA-125 and CT scans have a reasonable sensitivity for the accurate diagnosis.
文摘Rectal foreign bodies are man-made injury that occurs occasionally.The management depends on its depth and the consequence it caused.We here report a case of rectal foreign body(a glass bottle measuring about 38 mm×75 mm)which was located 13-15 cm from the anus.The patient had no sign of perforation,and we managed to remove it using endoscopy with gastrolith forceps.
文摘AIM: To review the risk of proximal colon cancer in patients undergoing colonoscopy.METHODS: We estimated the risk of advanced proximal adenomas and cancers in 6 196 consecutive patients that underwent colonoscopy (mean age 60 years, 65% males,without prior history of colorectal examination). Neoplasms were classified as diminutive adenoma (5 mm or less),small adenoma (6-9 mm), advanced adenoma (10 mm or more, with villous component or high-grade dysplasia)and cancer (invasive adenocarcinoma). The sites of neoplasms were defined as rectosigmoid (rectum and sigmoid colon) and proximal colon (from cecum to descending colon).RESULTS: The trend of the prevalence of advanced proximal adenoma was to increase with severe rectosigmoid findings, while the prevalence of proximal colon cancer did not increase with severe rectosigmoid findings. Among the 157 patients with proximal colon cancer, 74% had no neoplasm in the rectosigmoid colon. Multivariate logisticregression analysis revealed that age was the main predictor of proximal colon cancer and existence of rectosigmoid adenoma was not a predictor of proximal colon cancer.CONCLUSION: Sigmoidoscopy is inadequate for colorectal cancer screening, especially in older populations.
文摘Fish bones are the most common foreign objects leading to bowel perforation.Most cases are confined to the extraluminal space without penetration of an adjacent organ.However,abscess formation due to the perforation of the rectosigmoid colon by a fish bone can lead to the penetration of the urinary bladder and may subsequently cause the fish bone to migrate into the urinary bladder.In the presented case,a 42-yearold female was admitted for lower abdominal pain.The computed tomography(CT)demonstrated a 5cm pelvic abscess containing a thin and curvilinear foreign body.After conservative management,the patient was discharged.After 1 mo,the subject developed a mechanical ileus.Surgery had to be delayed due to her hyperthyroidism.Migration of the foreign body to the urinary bladder was shown on additional CT.A Yellowish fish bone 3.5 cm in size was removed through intraoperative cystoscopy.The patient was discharged 8 d after the operation without any unexpected event.
文摘BACKGROUND Compared with colorectal adenocarcinoma,basaloid squamous cell carcinomas(BSCCs)arising in the colorectum are rare and have very poor prognosis.To date,only nine cases have been reported.Most BSCCs are extensively involved in metastasis to the lymph node,liver,and lung at diagnosis.Despite many clinicians attempting to effectively treat BSCCs,therapeutic consensus has not been established due to lack of information.CASE SUMMARY A 58-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain,diarrhea,fever,and hematochezia.She was referred from a department of gynecology and was diagnosed with a suspicious leiomyosarcoma of the rectum or a pedunculated myoma of the uterus.An exophytic growing mass at the right lateral wall of the rectum with an internal cystic portion and hemorrhage was observed on magnetic resonance imaging.The patient underwent low anterior resection and total hysterectomy with bilateral salphingo-oophorectomy.Histopathological findings revealed a cellular mass with a solid growth pattern and few glandular structures,many foci of intratumoral necrosis,and a palisading pattern.The pathologist diagnosed tumor as a BSCC,and the patient received chemotherapy with fluorouracil/leucovorin without radiotherapy.The patient is currently alive 8 years after the surgery with no manifestations of metastatic colon cancer.CONCLUSION Our case suggest that curative resection and chemotherapy play important roles in improving survival,and radiotherapy may be an option to avoid radiationassociated enteritis.
文摘The most common presentation of congenital absence ofthe vagina is known as Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser（MRKH） syndrome.Several procedures, invasiveand noninvasive, have been used for the creation of aneovagina. A technique frequently used for this purposein China over the last 20 years is rectosigmoidcolpopoiesis. Here we report a successful rectosigmoidcolpopoiesis done laparoscopically in a patient withMRKH syndrome.
