[A Case of Sigmoid Rectal Cancer with a Vesicoconstrictor Fistula Curatively Resected after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2023 Dec;50(13):1498-1500.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 50-year-old man presented with fecaluria and was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer with a colovesical fistula. Total bladder resection was determined to be necessary for curative resection at the time of diagnosis. In anticipation of bladder preservation, 6 courses of mFOLFOX6 plus panitumumab were administered after transverse colostomy, resulting in marked tumor regression and a decision to proceed with surgery. The patient underwent robotic-assisted low anterior resection of the rectum and partial cystectomy, which yielded pathological radical treatment. We report a case of sigmoid colon cancer with a colovesical fistula complicated by bladder invasion, in which preoperative chemotherapy was effective and total cystectomy was avoided, allowing bladder preservation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula* / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Fistula* / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Rectal Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Rectal Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Rectal Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Rectum / pathology
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms* / complications
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms* / surgery