Is histopathological evidence really essential for making a surgical decision about mucinous carcinoma arising in a perianal fistula? Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-558

  Okada, Ken Ichi ^a   Shatari, Tomoo ^a   Sasaki, Takahiro ^a   Tamada, Tomoyuki ^a   Suwa, Tatsushi ^a   Furuuchi, Takayuki ^a   Takenaka, Yoshifumi ^a   Hori, Masao ^a   Sakuma, Masayoshi ^a  

^a Mito Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Mucinous carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TS 1; TS 1 ANTICANCER DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; RECTAL FISTULA;

EID: 44449117994     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3651-0     Document Type: Article

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