Colitis quística profunda posradioterapia: Caso clínico
Colitis cystica profunda is a benign condition that can be confused with adenocarcinoma. We report a 35year-old woman that received radiotherapy for a uterine cervical carcinoma who presented intermittent hematochezia three times after ending the therapy. This episode was diagnosed and treated as a radiation colitis and the patient remained asymptomatic for six years. After this period she presented again intermittent hematochezia and a rectal mass that was surgically removed. The pathology report disclosed a colitis cystica profunda
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | Spanish / Castilian |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago
2007
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000600010 |
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