Concomitant rectal cancer and abdominal aortic aneurysm: a management strategy
- Resource Type
- Original Paper
- Authors
- Ward, A. S.; Deans, A.; Moran, B. J.
- Source
- Techniques in Coloproctology: Official Journal of the Italian Soc of Colo-Rectal Surgery, Mediterranean Soc of Coloproctology, Israel Soc of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Soc of Colorectal Surgeons (Singapore), Eurasian Colorectal Technologies Association (ECTA). December 2009 13(4):323-325
- Subject
- Aortic aneurysm
Rectal cancer
Staged treatment
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1123-6337
1128-045X
The simultaneous occurrence of abdominal aortic aneurysm and rectal cancer is uncommon but represents a therapeutic dilemma. We report two patients in whom endovascular stenting of the aneurysm was not feasible. These patients were managed by an initial retroperitoneal aortic repair followed a few weeks later by an ultra low anterior resection.