Rectal Leiomyosarcoma: An Unusual Rectal Malignancy Mimicking Fecal Impaction in a 19-Year-Old Man
published online 27 February 2008.
A 19-year-old man with a 2-month history of lower abdominal pain and a 10-kg weight loss during the past year presented with difficulty in passing stool and blood in his stool for 2 days. Digital rectal examination revealed a large solid mass in the rectum. Except for iron deficiency anemia (hemoglobin, 9.3 g/dL; normal, 13–17 g/dL), laboratory test results were unremarkable.
⁎Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
§Division of Gastroenterology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
‡Department of Pathology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.