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Volume 7, Issue 9, Page A18 (September 2009)


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

Ting–Hui Hsieh, Bradly D. Clark, Kadirawel Iswara§

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.

PII: S1542-3565(07)01257-8

doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2007.12.054


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