Gluteal abscess caused by perforating rectal cancer: case report and review of the literature
Shimizu, J.; Kinoshita, T.; Tatsuzawa, Y.; Takehara, A.; Kawaura, Y.; Takahashi, S.
Tumori 87(5): 330-331
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8916 PMID: 11765183 Document Number: 532527
An unusual case is described in which an abscess developed remote from a carcinoma of the rectum. A 52-year-old Japanese man developed a gluteal abscess six months after radiation therapy for unresectable carcinoma of the rectum. This case is presented with a review of the literature. Perforating carcinoma of the colon and rectum with abscess formation is best treated by preliminary total diversion colostomy and local drainage of the abscess. However, the mortality rate is still high.