A rare presentation of caecal adenocarcinoma
Wong, M.C.; Nandhra, H.; Gowrie, B.J.; Shah, E.F.
Hospital Medicine 64(12): 748-749
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1462-3935 PMID: 14702791 Document Number: 564149
This paper describes an unusual case of caecal adenocarcinoma which had perforated through to the anterior abdominal wall. Colocutaneous fistula is an uncommon complication of colonic cancer which is more typically associated with sepsis and ischaemia of the bowel, inflammatory bowel disease and trauma. On rare occasions, as in this case, the colocutaneous fistula may be the initial presenting complaint.