Difference between revisions of "Tumour perforation in colorectal cancer"

It is a [[clinical diagnosis]] based on the definition given by Banaszkiewicz ''et al.''<ref name=pmid25784840>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Banaszkiewicz | first1 = Z. | last2 = Woda | first2 = Ł. | last3 = Tojek | first3 = K. | last4 = Jarmocik | first4 = P. | last5 = Jawień | first5 = A. | title = Colorectal cancer with intestinal perforation - a retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes. | journal = Contemp Oncol (Pozn) | volume = 18 | issue = 6 | pages = 414-8 | month =  | year = 2014 | doi = 10.5114/wo.2014.46362 | PMID = 25784840 }}</ref> <!-- the perforation site does ''not'' need to be at the anatomical site of the tumour. -->

The Royal College of Pathologists Australia (RCPA) defines it as: perforation at the site of the tumour.<ref>URL: [https://www.rcpa.edu.au/Library/Practising-Pathology/Macroscopic-Cut-Up/Specimen/Gastrointestinal/Colorectal/Colorectal-tumour https://www.rcpa.edu.au/Library/Practising-Pathology/Macroscopic-Cut-Up/Specimen/Gastrointestinal/Colorectal/Colorectal-tumour]. Accessed on: June 21, 2018.</ref>