12 July 2022
: Case report
A 73-Year-Old Woman Treated for Rheumatoid Arthritis with Lower Rectal Carcinoma Who Underwent Abdominoperineal Resection, Lateral Regional Lymph Node Resection, and Partial Hepatectomy by Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS): A Case Report
Unusual clinical course, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment
Takayuki Tajima1ABCDEFG*, Masaya Mukai2ABCDEFG, Shuji Uda2ABCDE, Hideki Izumi2ABCDE, Daiki Yokoyama2ABCDE, Sayuri Hasegawa2ABCDE, Eiji Nomura2ABCDEDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936106
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936106
Table 1. Histopathology results of rectal carcinoma.
| Histopathology characteristic | Result |
|---|---|
| Tumor site | Lower rectum |
| Tumor size | 80×70 mm |
| Histological type | Moderately differentiated >Mucinous adenocarcinoma |
| Pathological stage/depth of invasion | pT3 (pA) |
| Pathological margins | |
| Proximal | 190 mm |
| Distal | 25 mm |
| Radial | 1 mm |
| Lymphatic invasion | 2 |
| Venous invasion | 1 |
| Tumor deposits | Negative |
| p – pathological findings; T3 – tumor invades subserosa; A – adventitia; mm – millimeter. | |






