Abstract
Large bowel obstruction in the terminally ill patient can be difficult to manage. We describe a patient with sigmoid colon obstruction caused by metastatic prostate cancer in the pelvis who required hospitalization because of severe pain and obstructive symptoms. Treatment with an endoscopically placed self-expandable metal stent allowed the patient to have immediate resolution of symptoms and to receive hospice care at home.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Colonoscopy / methods*
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Fatal Outcome
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Home Care Services
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Hospice Care / methods*
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Humans
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Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
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Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
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Intestinal Obstruction / therapy*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pain / etiology
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Palliative Care / methods*
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Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
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Radiography
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Sigmoid Neoplasms / complications*
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Sigmoid Neoplasms / secondary*
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Sigmoidoscopy / methods*
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Stents / standards*