Gastrocolic fistula secondary to adenocarcinoma of the transverse colon: a case report

نویسندگان

  • Omar Vergara-Fernández
  • Ylse Gutiérrez-Grobe
  • María Lavenant-Borja
  • Carlos Rojas
  • Nahum Méndez-Sánchez
چکیده

INTRODUCTION Gastrocolic fistula is a rare complication of adenocarcinoma of the colon. Despite radical resections, these patients usually have a poor prognosis with a mean survival of 23 months and long-term survival is rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 48-year-old Latino-American man presented with watery diarrhea, diffuse abdominal pain and weight loss for 3 months. A computed tomography scan revealed a mass in the splenic flexure that had infiltrated his stomach and diaphragm. Panendoscopy and colonoscopy confirmed the presence of a fistula between the distal transverse colon and the stomach, which was secondary to a colon cancer. His colon, stomach and left diaphragm were resected en bloc. A histological examination revealed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon that had infiltrated the full width of the gastric wall with 37 negative lymph nodes and clear surgical margins. Adjuvant chemotherapy with capecitabine and oxaliplatin was administered after surgery. Our patient is alive and without any recurrence 5 years after surgery. CONCLUSIONS En bloc resection with adjuvant chemotherapy offers the best treatment option for gastrocolic fistulas. This is one of the patients with greater survival reported in the medical literature.

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دوره 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015