Colonic cancer invading appendicectomy incision: a case report and literature review

Specialty: General Surgery; Colorectal Surgery

Article Type: Case Report

DOI: 10.1102/1470-5206.2008.0011

Vol 8

pages 35-37

Colonic cancer invading appendicectomy incision: a case report and literature review

I. Uchendu, A. Hotouras, S. Jonalagadda, K. Osman, A. Mandal and D. Mathur

Correspondence Address: Dr Alex Hotouras, Department of General Surgery, Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham, Lincs, UK.

Email: alex007@doctors.org.uk

We report the case of a 62-year-old man who presented with puckering and tethering of his appendicectomy scar; he was found to have an underlying caecal carcinoma. We review the literature regarding this uncommon presentation of caecal cancer.

Keywords Caecal carcinoma; appendicectomy; cutaneous metastases

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St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

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