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- Title
Sigmoid Carcinoma in an Inguinal Hernia: A Blessing in Disguise?
- Authors
Salemans, P. B.; Vles, G. F.; Fransen, S. A. F.; Smeenk, R. M.
- Abstract
Colorectal cancer is a rising problem, as the incidence increaseswith age. In most cases the goal of treatment is oncological resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy in order to optimize the survival. In this case report we present a 93-year-old patient with a sigmoid carcinoma inside an irreducible inguinal hernia, which was diagnosed prior to surgery. We chose to perform a sigmoid resection through an oblique inguinal incision as a safer alternative to laparotomy.
- Subjects
SIGMOID colon; INGUINAL hernia; COLON cancer treatment; ONCOLOGIC surgery; DISEASE incidence; CANCER chemotherapy; ADJUVANT treatment of cancer
- Publication
Case Reports in Surgery, 2013, p1
- ISSN
2090-6900
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2013/314394