[A Case of Anastomotic Stage Ⅰ Cecal Cancer Recurrence after Functional End-To-End Anastomosis]

An 83-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for cecal cancer, and ileocecal resection(D3 lymph node resection) with functional end-to-end anastomosis. Since the tumor was of histological Stage Ⅰ, no adjuvant chemotherapy was performed. One year and 9 months after the operation, an anastomotic recurrence was identified alongthe staple line using colonoscopy. We performed a resection of the anastomotic recurrence. At present, 6 months after the second operation, the patient remains in good health without evidence of recurrence. A few cases of anastomotic recurrence after surgery for Stage Ⅰcolon cancer have been reported in the literature available in Japanese. We report a rare case of an anastomotic recurrence of Stage Ⅰ cancer after functional end-to-end anastomosis.