Eight years ago, a recurrent tumor of the colon was removed from a man with the formation of a colonic stoma. In September, he complained to doctors of severe abdominal pain.

Surgeons near Moscow saved a patient who survived colon cancer

Eight years ago, in the GVKG im. N. N. Burdenko, the patient had a recurrent tumor of the colon removed with the formation of a colonic stoma. After surgery, he underwent 14 courses of polychemotherapy, then remission ensued. In September, the man complained of abdominal pain.

IODE chief physician Vladimir Astashov said that the patient was first examined in a hospital in Makhachkala. The doctors found no pathology there. However, because the pain persisted, it was decided to put the man in IODE.

A complete examination of the patient was carried out. As a result, a mass was found in the abdomen along the vessels supplying the right leg. It was closely adjacent to the small and cecum intestines. During the CT scan, it turned out that this formation accumulated a contrast agent, which indicated a high risk of recurrence or the appearance of a new tumor. During the oncoconsilium, the oncoconsilium decided to perform a therapeutic and diagnostic operation.

During the operation, the surgeons discovered a tumor conglomerate – a compacted junction of loops of the small intestine involving the caecum, appendix, right ureter, and vessels supplying the right leg.

“Thanks to the titanic efforts of the entire operating team, we managed to overcome the technical difficulties of separating the ureter and the vessels supplying the leg from the tumor. The rest of the conglomerate was removed,” said Volodymyr Balanyuk, chief medical officer of the oncology dispensary.

The tumor turned out to be a formed appendicular abscess of unknown statute of limitations. It arose after acute appendicitis on the legs. At the same time, the progression of colon cancer in the patient was not observed for eight years. Two weeks after the operation, the man was discharged from the hospital.

Previously, experts learned that the occurrence of oncology may be associated with the usual everyday action – washing dishes. This is stated in an article published on the Chinese Internet platform WeChat.