Primary mucinous adenocarcinoma in an ileostomy with adjacent skin invasion: a late complication of surgery for ulcerative colitis.

INTRODUCTION: Adenocarcinoma of the ileostomy after colectomy performed for non-neoplastic condition are relatively uncommon. Mucinous adenocarcinoma at an ileostomy site represents a late complication of total colectomy performed for ulcerative colitis. CASE REPORT: We here report a case of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the mucocutaneous junction at the ileostomy site with adjacent skin invasion occurring 35 years after total colectomy for ulcerative colitis. Wide excision with refashioning of the ileostomy was performed.