04 July 2016 : Case report
Anal Canal Adenocarcinoma in a Patient with Longstanding Crohn’s Disease Arising From Rectal Mucosa that Migrated From a Previously Treated Rectovaginal Fistula
Unknown etiology, Challenging differential diagnosis, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis), Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Taku MaejimaABCDEF, Toru KonoABCDEF, Fumika OriiABCDEF, Atsuo MaemotoABCDEF, Shigeru FurukawaABCDEF, Wang LimingABCDEF, Shoji KasaiABCDEF, Susumu FukahoriABCDEF, Nobutaka MukaiABCDEF, Daitaro YoshikawaABCDEF, Hidenori KarasakiABCDEF, Hiroya SaitoABCDEF, Kazuo NagashimaABCDEFDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.897876
Am J Case Rep 2016; 17:448-453
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study reports the pathogenesis of anal canal adenocarcinoma in a patient with longstanding Crohn’s disease (CD).
CASE REPORT: A 50-year-old woman with a 33-year history of CD presented with perianal pain of several months’ duration. She had been treated surgically for a rectovaginal fistula 26 years earlier and had been treated with infliximab (IFX) for the previous 4 years. A biopsy under anesthesia revealed an anal canal adenocarcinoma, which was removed by abdominoperineal resection. Pathological examination showed that a large part of the tumor consisted of mucinous adenocarcinoma at the same location as the rectovaginal fistula had been removed 26 years earlier. There was no evidence of recurrent rectovaginal fistula, but thick fibers surrounded the tumor, likely representing part of the previous rectovaginal fistula. Immunohistochemical analysis using antibodies against cytokeratins (CK20 and CK7) revealed that the adenocarcinoma arose from the rectal mucosa, not the anal glands.
CONCLUSIONS: Mucinous adenocarcinoma can arise in patients with CD, even in the absence of longstanding perianal disease, and may be associated with adenomatous transformation of the epithelial lining in a former fistula tract.
Keywords: Anal Canal - diagnostic imaging, Adenocarcinoma - surgery, Anastomosis, Surgical - adverse effects, Anus Neoplasms - surgery, Biopsy, Colectomy, Colonoscopy, Crohn Disease - diagnosis, Follow-Up Studies, Intestinal Mucosa - diagnostic imaging, Rectovaginal Fistula - surgery, Rectum - surgery, Time Factors, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Vagina - surgery
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