DUPLICATION OF THE RECTUM RESEMBLING A JUVENILE POLYP

KIZILCAN F., TANYEL F. C., KALE G., HICSONMEZ A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.34, no.3, pp.193-195, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1992
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.193-195
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A five-year-old boy with a rectal mass mimicking a rectal polyp. which proved to be a cystic duplication of the rectum, is presented in a child with painless rectal bleeding, a mass palpated during rectal examination is usually diagnosed initially as being a rectal polyp. However, the case presented revealed the possibility of rectal duplication.