Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 12
Case Report
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the rectum: an atypical histology

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2016.3975/2015

Araceli Ballestero Pérez, Pedro Abadía Barnó, Francisca García-Moreno Nisa, Javier Die Trill, Julio Galindo Álvarez,

Abstract
Squamous cell carcinoma of the rectum is one of the differential diagnoses of rectal tumors. It represents a low incidence in the population. The etiopathogenesis and the biology of these tumors are unclear, for this reason the gold standard treatment is difficult to establish. We present a 47-years-old woman who had a squamous cell carcinoma in medium rectum. She was treated with radiation therapy and chemotherapy and the treatment was followed by surgical excision.
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Received: 14/08/2015

Accepted: 09/11/2015

Online First: 25/02/2016

Published: 30/11/2016

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