CHALLENGES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER AND COVID-19 COINFECTION - CASE REPORT
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Vladislav Stoyanov; Sift Desk; Svetlana Bezhanova
- Source
- SDRP Journal of Anesthesia & Surgery. 3:160-167
- Subject
- Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Colorectal cancer
business.industry
Internal medicine
medicine
Coinfection
Surgical treatment
medicine.disease
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2473-2184
Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) are more likely to become infected with COVID-19 than healthy individuals. The risk of comlications and death in COVID-19 positive colorectal cancer patients is higher due to treatments that suppress the immune system. We discuss a 71-year-old woman with a history of metastatic rectal cancer and underwent surgery and chemotherapy. With no clinical feathers of an acute abdomen or COVID-19 infection. Further researches are needed to rule out if COVID-19 can mask clinical and biological features presentation in cancer patients. Keywords: metastatic colorectal cancer, COVID-19 infection, surgical treatment