Kerosene has been described as an uncommon burn injury agent(1). We report a case of a 47-year-old male who presented to the Emergency Department with proctalgia after self-administration of an unknown enema in the context of cocaine intoxication. Physical examination revealed severe perianal inflammation (Figure 1.
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October 2023
Background: Pathologic complete response (pCR) after multimodal treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is used as surrogate marker of success as it is assumed to correlate with improved oncologic outcome. However, long-term oncologic data are scarce.
Methods: This retrospective, multicentre study updated the oncologic follow-up of prospectively collected data from the Spanish Rectal Cancer Project database.