Colitis quística profunda posradioterapia: Caso clínico

Colitis cystica profunda is a benign condition that can be confused with adenocarcinoma. We report a 35year-old woman that received radiotherapy for a uterine cervical carcinoma who presented intermittent hematochezia three times after ending the therapy. This episode was diagnosed and treated as a...

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Autores principales: de Toro C,Gonzalo, Villaseca H,Miguel, Roa S,Juan Carlos
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2007
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Sumario:Colitis cystica profunda is a benign condition that can be confused with adenocarcinoma. We report a 35year-old woman that received radiotherapy for a uterine cervical carcinoma who presented intermittent hematochezia three times after ending the therapy. This episode was diagnosed and treated as a radiation colitis and the patient remained asymptomatic for six years. After this period she presented again intermittent hematochezia and a rectal mass that was surgically removed. The pathology report disclosed a colitis cystica profunda