Chemotherapeutic Treatment of Priapism in Metastatic Rectal Cancer

Autor: Y. Kitai, H. Takahashi, A. Goto, H. Iida, H. Mawatari, K. Fujita, M. Yoneda, M. Inamori, Y. Abe, N. Kobayashi, H. Kirikoshi, K. Kubota, S. Saito, A. Nakajima
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Gastroenterology, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 505-508 (2008)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000183537
Popis: A 65-year-old man was admitted with penile tenderness and dysuria due to priapism. Enhanced computed tomography revealed metastatic tumors in the liver, lung, sacrum and lymph nodes. Advanced rectal cancer, detected by colonoscopy as a primary tumor, was treated with chemotherapy (FOLFOX4). Although the rectal cancer showed no change, five months of chemotherapy improveid the priapism, suggesting that chemotherapy can improve rare symptoms of rectal cancer.
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