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At age 49, a white woman had a right tubo-ovarian abscess removed. Nine months later a 10 cm rectal mass was found at the level of the uterine fundus. An extended abdominal-perineal resection (APR) revealed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum invading the right ovary and uterine myometrium. Two months post APR, a necrotic lesion which was associated with a 7 cm pelvic mass was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma on biopsy in the vaginal vault. Liver function tests (LFTs) were normal, but the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level was 24.5 ng/ml.
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Bethune, W.A. (1994). Local Recurrence from Cancer of the Rectum. In: Kagan, A.R., Steckel, R.J. (eds) Practical Approaches to Cancer Invasion and Metastases. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84885-8_32
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