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Gastrointestinal complications after therapeutic irradiation

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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The cases of three patients, two with carcinoma of the cervix and one with a tumor of the left kidney treated by nephrectomy, are presented. Following irradiation to the tumor sites, two of the patients developed proctitis and rectal stricture; in one, a colostomy was established. The second is still under observation. The third patient developed obstruction of the transverse colon which necessitated partial resection and end-to-end anastomosis.

Aspects of the pathology, clinical presentation, and surgical management of the postirradiation syndrome in the gastrointestinal tract are reviewed, and diagnostic pitfalls in its recognition are emphasized.

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  1. I. Kott M.D.

    Present address: Department of Surgery, Vascular Division, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York

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  1. Surgical Department B, Beilinson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, University Medical School, Petah Tikva, Israel

    I. Kott M.D., I. Urca M.D. & H. Kesler M.D.

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Kott, I., Urca, I. & Kesler, H. Gastrointestinal complications after therapeutic irradiation. Dis Colon Rectum 14, 200–205 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553186

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