Tumor cell implantation after colonoscopy with biopsies in a patient with rectal cancer: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1508-1510

  Basha, Gene ^a   Ectors, Nadine ^a   Penninckx, Freddy ^a   Filez, Ludo ^a   Geboes, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasm; Tumor cell

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RECTUM BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0030700364     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02070721     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Pagana TJ, Ledesma EJ, Mittelman A, Nava HR. The use of colonoscopy in the study of synchronous colorectal neoplasms. Cancer 1984;53:356-9.
2. Sollenberger LL, Eisenstat TE, Rubin RJ, Salvati EP. Is operative colonoscopy necessary in carcinoma of the colon and rectum? Am Surg 1988;54:113-5.
3. Hubens G, Lafullarde T, VanMarck E, Vermeulen P, Hubens A. Implantation of colon cancer cells on intact and damaged colon mucosa and serosa: an experimental study in the rat. Acta Chir Belg 1994;94: 258-62.
4. Rollinson PD, Dundas SA. Adenocarcinoma of sigmoid colon seeding into preexisting fistula in ano. Br J Surg 1984;71:664-5.