Cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC in a 14 years old patient with peritoneal recurrence of adenocarcinoma of the right colon.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is nowadays a feasible and effective treatment for peritoneal metastasis. We present a case of a 14 years old child with peritoneal metastasis from recurrent colorectal cancer.

Presentation of case

Colonoscopy and CT-scan were performed leading to the diagnosis of a stenosing adenocarcinoma of the right colon in 2015. Two pelvic lesions were found at the total body PET scan, suspected for peritoneal metastasis. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered, and restaging CT-scan and magnetic resonance (MRI) highlighted a partial response. The patient underwent right laparoscopic hemicolectomy. The postoperative staging was T4 N1 G3. Seven months after the last cycle of adjuvant chemoth

SUBMITTER: Sorrentino L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6447933 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature