The utilization of intraluminal formalin for intractable rectal haemorrhage in advanced rectal cancer: a case report |
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| Authors: | A. P. Zbar S. Bernstein N. Greaves M. Iniss R. K. Shenoy |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of the West Indies, Martindales Road, St. Michael, Barbados;(2) Department of Radiation Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, St. Michael, Barbados |
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| Abstract: | Abstract A patient with a metastatic fixed low rectal carcinoma presented severe rectal bleeding requiring massive transfusion over with a 36-hour period. Bleeding was controlled with the instillation of a 4% intrarectal formalin solution permitting the completion of a course of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. This technique has been reserved for intractable transfusion-dependent radiation proctitis and is presented as a primary alternative in severe rectal bleeding from inoperable rectal cancer. |
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| Keywords: | Advanced rectal cancer Intrarectal formalin |
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