A CASE REPORT OF COLONIC CANCER DEVELOPED IN A BLIND LOOP OF SIGMOIDECTOMY

Abstract

A case of colonic cancer developed in a blind loop of sigmoidectomy which was performed 13 years before is reported with some discussion about six cases seen in the Japanese literature. An 84-year-old man, who had undergone a side-to-end colo-sigmoidostomy as a reconstruction for a cancer of the sigmoid colon in 1980. was seen at the hospital because of diarrhea in March, 1993. As a result of close examination, a colonic cancer developed in a blind loop was observed. Colectomy with the blind loop was performed. The patient has been doing well for five years after the operation without any recurrence signs.