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Carcinoma at the site of ureterosigmoidostomy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

A 31-year-old woman who had undergone bilateral ureterosig-moidostomy at age five had a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma at the anastomotic site that was not detected by preoperative studies or intraoperative palpation. The authors review other reports of anastomotic carcinoma occurring after ureterosigmoidostomy for benign disease and recommend a diagnostic protocol. Whenever the urine is diverted away from the sigmoidostomy (rediversion), the anastomotic site should be resected. Ureterosigmoidostomy should be undertaken only with the understanding that meticulous long-term follow-up is mandatory.

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  1. Department of Urologic Surgery, University of Minnesota Hospitals, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Box 45, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Curtis A. Sheldon M.D., C. Richard McKinley M.D., Paul R. Hartig M.D. &  Ricardo Gonzalez M.D.

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Sheldon, C.A., McKinley, C.R., Hartig, P.R. et al. Carcinoma at the site of ureterosigmoidostomy. Dis Colon Rectum 26, 55–58 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554685

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