Fluorescent ureteral catheters in laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer with invasion of the uterus: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Resection of the uterus is required in some cases of colorectal cancer with invasion of the uterus. Localisation of the ureters to prevent ureteral injuries is important during resection of advanced colorectal cancer and combined resection of the uterus.

Case presentation

We report a case of a woman in her 80s with rectal cancer with invasion of the uterus. She presented with appetite loss and lower abdominal pain. She was hospitalised after being diagnosed with intestinal obstruction due to rectal cancer. Colonoscopy revealed a tumor involving 100% of the circumference of the rectosigmoid colon, and imaging showed rectal cancer with invasion of the uterus and a giant uterine fibroid. Fluorescent ureteral catheters were placed bilaterally under cystoscopy, and l

SUBMITTER: Kitagawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289508 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature