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Tumour perforation in colorectal cancer (view source)
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*A colorectal wall defect may be an artifact of extraction ("tissue abuse") rather than perforation. | *A colorectal wall defect may be an artifact of extraction ("tissue abuse") rather than perforation. | ||
** | **Artifact of extraction likely if all the following apply: (i) no inflammatory reaction is present, (ii) no cautery, and (iii) no perforation described in the OR report. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
*Poor prognosticator.<ref name=pmid17049848>{{Cite journal | last1 = Anwar | first1 = MA. | last2 = D'Souza | first2 = F. | last3 = Coulter | first3 = R. | last4 = Memon | first4 = B. | last5 = Khan | first5 = IM. | last6 = Memon | first6 = MA. | title = Outcome of acutely perforated colorectal cancers: experience of a single district general hospital. | journal = Surg Oncol | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 91-6 | month = Aug | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1016/j.suronc.2006.09.001 | PMID = 17049848 }}</ref> | *Poor prognosticator.<ref name=pmid17049848>{{Cite journal | last1 = Anwar | first1 = MA. | last2 = D'Souza | first2 = F. | last3 = Coulter | first3 = R. | last4 = Memon | first4 = B. | last5 = Khan | first5 = IM. | last6 = Memon | first6 = MA. | title = Outcome of acutely perforated colorectal cancers: experience of a single district general hospital. | journal = Surg Oncol | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 91-6 | month = Aug | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1016/j.suronc.2006.09.001 | PMID = 17049848 }}</ref> | ||