[Clinical Outcome of Eight Patients with Perforated Colorectal Cancer]

We studied the clinicopathological findings of 8 patients with perforated colorectal cancer. Four patients were male. In 7 patients, the primary cancer site was left side colon. Chief complaints were abdominal pain in 7 patients and diarrhea in 1 patient. The emergent operation was performed in all cases. The final stages of 8 patients were as follows: 5 patients with Stage II, 2 patients with Stage III, 1 patient with Stage IV. All patients were discharged from our hospital. Postoperative chemotherapy was performed for 5 patients. Of these 8 patients, 1 patient had peritoneal dissemination and 1 patient had local recurrence. Two patients were died of cancer and 6 patients were alive. In conclusion, patient with perforated colorectal cancer were high risk cases for recurrence.