Abdominotransanal resection of a strangulated rectal carcinosarcoma.

This is a case of a 75-year-old man who presented with a 7-month history of a reducible rectal mass. The patient came to the emergency department with a prolapsed necrotic bowel involving a strangulated segment with the rectal mass. He underwent an abdominotransanal resection through a combined abdominal and perineal approach. His postoperative course was unremarkable. Histopathological and immunohistochemical studies showed a rectal carcinosarcoma. Because of a state-mandated lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the patient failed to follow-up. He was later seen to have metastatic progression. Owing to the poor functional status of the patient, the shared decision of the multidisciplinary team, the patient and his family was to manage him with palliative intent.

En bloc resection of cervical adenocarcinoma with late recurrence to the iliopsoas.

This is a case of a 50-year-old woman diagnosed with recurrent cervical adenocarcinoma presenting with chronic and persistent low back pain. She underwent myomectomy for myoma uteri 8 years prior. Histopathology report revealed cervical cancer. She underwent chemotherapy, brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy. All surveillance work-up, over the years, were negative until she was found to have a solitary recurrent lesion in the right iliopsoas muscle on CT scan. A multidisciplinary team of surgeons collaborated to perform wide excision of pelvic recurrence en bloc right internal hemipelvectomy, right hemicolectomy en bloc resection of external iliac artery and vein, external ilio-iliac artery interposition graft and external iliac vein-common femoral vein bypass. Final histopathologic results showed adenocarcinoma with endometrioid features with associated poorly differentiated high-grade carcinoma involving the iliopsoas, cecum and terminal ileum. Two months postoperatively, the patient is ambulating with minimal assistance.