ArticleJournal of medical case reports2018
Laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer with rectal prolapse: a case report.
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- Rectal prolapse as an initial presentation of colorectal cancer: a systematic review.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Rectal adenocarcinoma presenting as full-thickness prolapse with external haemorrhoids: case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
- Rectal Prolapse as a Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer: Case Series and Clinical Perspectives.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Complete rectal prolapse presenting with colorectal cancer.Innovative surgical sciences · 2023Article
- Unusual presentation of colon cancer as rectal prolapse in middle-aged male.Clinical case reports · 2023Article
- Rectal prolapse as the initial presentation of rectal cancer-A case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Rectosigmoid carcinoma presenting as full-thickness rectal prolapse.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- Sigmoido-rectal intussusception.SAGE open medical case reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundRectal cancer with rectal prolapse is rare, described by only a few case reports. Recently, laparoscopic surgery has become standard procedure for either rectal cancer or rectal prolapse. However, the use of laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer with rectal prolapse has not been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 63-year-old Japanese woman suffered from rectal prolapse, with a mass and rectal bleeding for 2 years. An examination revealed complete rectal prolapse and the presence of a soft tumor, 7 cm in diameter; the distance from the anal verge to the tumor was 5 cm. Colonoscopy demonstrated a large villous tumor in the lower rectum, which was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma on biopsy. We performed laparoscopic low anterior resection using the prolapsing technique without rectopexy. The distal surgical margin was more than 1.5 cm from the tumor. There were no major perioperative complications. Twelve months after surgery, our patient is doing well with no evidence of recurrence of either the rectal prolapse or the cancer, and she has not suffered from either fecal incontinence or constipation.
conclusionsLaparoscopic low anterior resection without rectopexy can be an appropriate surgical procedure for rectal cancer with rectal prolapse. The prolapsing technique is useful in selected patients.
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