Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 7, Issue 9 , Page A18, September 2009

Rectal Leiomyosarcoma: An Unusual Rectal Malignancy Mimicking Fecal Impaction in a 19-Year-Old Man

  • Ting–Hui Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Bradly D. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Kadirawel Iswara

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

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.

 

 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

PII: S1542-3565(07)01257-8

doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2007.12.054

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 7, Issue 9 , Page A18, September 2009