A case of squamous cell carcinoma treated with subtotal Sacrectomy

Abstract

We performed subtotal sacrectomy for squamous cell carcinoma on the sacral area of a 48-year-old man suffering paralysis of lower extremities for 28 years. Although the resection of the total mass of carcinoma including most part of sacrum (S2-5) was successfully performed, the patient suffered from protracted bacterial infection of the pelvic cavity and osteomyelitis of iliac bone. He died of respiratory failure due to distant metastasis of the tumor to the lung 248 days after surgery. [Skin Cancer (Japan) 2001; 16: 265-2691]