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Robot-assisted Total Mesorectal Excision and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Locally Advanced Middle-low Rectal Cancer
Published on: February 12, 2022
[Rectal cancer and pregnancy]
Juan Manuel Ruíz Molina1, Carlos Manuel Ortíz-Mendoza, Ricardo J Mondragón Sánchez
1Departamento de Gastroenterología, Subdirección de Cirugía Oncológica del Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México, Av. San Fernando número 22, C.P. 14080, Col. Sección XVI, México, D.F.
Objective:
To present Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de México, Gastroenterology Service management of rectal cancer in pregnant patients in a retrospective case study.
Case Report:
Two patients were found, 25 an 34 years of age; both adenocarcinomas presented in Dukes D stage and manifested in third trimester of pregnancy. Main clinical manifestations were pelvic pain, hematochezia, and weight loss. Both patients died due to disease progression.
Conclusions:
Rectal cancer in pregnant patients is generally an advanced disease at diagnosis.
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