Panier-Suffat L, Marracino M, Resegotti A, Astegiano M, Giustetto A, Garino M, Pellicano R, Fronda G
7th Department of Surgery, S Giovanni Battista (Molinette) Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2009 Oct-Dec;72(4):441-3.
Conservative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) has become the intervention of choice for severe ulcerative colitis (UC) requiring surgery. Sporadically, the occurrence of carcinoma arising in or near the ileo-anal pouch after IPAA for UC has been reported. This issue is of utmost importance as an endoscopic follow-up is mandatory also after the operation. The present paper reports a case of cancer which developed four years after proctocolectomy with IPAA in a young man suffering from UC. Moreover, the authors provide update (PubMed research) by literature review on this issue.
