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Query: UMLS:C0000727 (acute abdomen)
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A case of primary right ureteral squamous cell carcinoma with intraperitoneal invasion was studied. The patient was a 38-year-old male with chief complaints of right lumbago and gross hematuria. He was admitted to our clinic suspected of having calculi. However, the radiogram was negative. As the patient was suffering from severe hypogastric pain, indicating acute abdomen, an investigative celiotomy was performed. The tumor that was subsequently revealed formed a mass engulfing the furcation of the right internal and external iliac arteries, ureter, ileum and sigmoid colon. As a radical resection was considered impossible, as much of the tumor as possible was excised and a colostomy was performed. After the operation, a regimen of polypharmacy, including bleomycin, was administered against the residual tumor. This therapy has proved to be remarkably effective. At present, the patient is under regular medical observation, and the postoperative course has been favorable.
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PMID:[A case of primary right ureteral squamous cell carcinoma with intraperitoneal invasion]. 248 73

A 56-year-old man presented with acute abdomen. Clinically, he was diagnosed as having perigastric abscess. On exploration, a retroperitoneal cystic teratoma was encountered. Postoperatively, he recovered uneventfully and has no residual disease two years later.
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PMID:Retroperitoneal teratoma presenting as acute abdomen in an elderly person. 1081 28

Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is extremely rare, and its prognosis is poor. The median survival period is said to be approximately one year after diagnosis. We report a case of recurrent malignant peritoneal mesothelioma treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). The patient has been alive for six years without recurrence. This report seems to be the first that indicates CCRT to be useful for peritoneal mesothelioma. The patient was a 21-year-old woman who underwent emergency surgery of the in acute abdomen at another hospital. The resected tumor was 18 cm in size and pathological examination revealed that it was a malignant mesothelioma of the epithelioid type. CAP therapy (cyclophosphamide+adriamycine+cisplatin)+CPT-11 administration was given only one course, and the patient was then transferred to our hospital. She underwent resection of the residual disease and six courses of TC therapy (paclitaxel+carboplatin) as adjuvant chemotherapy. Twelve months after chemotherapy, pelvic recurrence occurred. We attempted surgery but only biopsy could be performed because of a pelvic wall invasion. The patient underwent CCRT with weekly cisplatin. The tumor was reduced by irradiation of 50. 4 Gy and disappeared after 6 months. No recurrence has been found six years since the last treatment. CCRT might be effective against malignant peritoneal mesothelioma of the epithelioid type.
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PMID:[A case of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma successfully treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy]. 2218 33