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Free perforation due to colonic adenocarcinoma in Crohn's disease
A Fraschini1, D Sella, R Gullotta
1Divisione di Chirurgia Generale III, Ospedale Multizonale, Varese.
The Italian Journal of Surgical Sciences
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Free perforation of the bowel due to cancer in Crohn's disease is very rare. One case found among 75 cases of Crohn's disease is reported. The perforation occurred in a mucinous adenocarcinoma of the ascending colon in a 54-year-old woman with a 17-year history of Crohn's disease, who had undergone two previous operations of small bowel and colonic resection. A right hemicolectomy was performed; the patient had an uneventful recovery and does not show recurrence of cancer at 31-month follow-up. This is in contrast with a recent review, in which a very poor prognosis was claimed for the perforated colonic cancer in Crohn's disease.