Anal cancer

The treatment of choice for anal cancer is chemoradiotherapy. Skin reaction and bowel symptoms such as tenesmus, diarrhoea and bleeding are common side effects. We report a patient who developed stridor as a result of chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer and discuss the pathogenesis and potential consequences.

Keywords Anal cancer, candidiasis, CD4+ lymphocyte, chemoradiotherapy, steroids, stridor

Declaration of Interests No conflict of interests declared.