Patient-controlled analgesia with hydromorphone treatment for advanced colon cancer with severe pain in an older adult patient: a case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unrelieved cancer pain can seriously reduce patients' quality of life. Hydromorphone based patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is widely used in surgery. In recent years, it has also gained attention in the field of cancer pain. We report the case of an older patient with refractory pain secondary to colorectal cancer for whom PCA therapy led to improved symptomatic outcomes.

Case description

We present the case of a 79-year-old male with severe pain from advanced colon cancer. After receiving anti-cancer therapy for 7 years, the patient developed pain in the right groin with a pain score of 7/10. The results of whole-body bone imaging suggested the underlying cause to be a pelvic osseous metastasis. Contemporaneous computed tomography (CT) scanning confirmed disea

SUBMITTER: Zheng MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565120 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature