Right pelvic kidney during intersphincteric resection for locally advanced rectal cancer: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Simultaneous occurrence of colorectal malignancy with pelvic kidney has been considered a rare phenomenon. A review of the related literature revealed three previous reports of rectal cancer and pelvice kidney.

Case presentation

This case report describe the case of 40-year-old Asian man with complaints of bleeding and a feeling of discomfort in his anus. A colonoscopy revealed a raised large multilobulated mass in his rectum. Multiple biopsies of the lesion were done after detecting a tumor in his rectum 4 cm above the dentate line; a diagnosis of rectal adenocarcinoma was made by pathological examinations. Subsequent investigations, carried out by computed tomography (CT) scans, incidentally showed an ectopic pelvic kidney. Because of the progress of the rectal

SUBMITTER: Moaiery H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6617744 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature