Rectal adenocarcinoma in an 9 year old girl. A case report
Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery,
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2018),
4 December 2018
,
Page 101-104
https://doi.org/10.22037/irjps.v4i2.17970
Abstract
Rectal adenocarcinoma is rare in children. The patient described here is a 9-year-old girl who presented with rectorrhagia. Her problem started 3 months ago and she had been treated for infectious diarrhea. A colonoscopy was performed 3 months after the onset of symptoms and a non-pedunculated polyp in the rectum was noted and resected. After the colonoscopy signs and symptoms of peritonitis developed and in laparotomy a rectal perforation was noted and a biopsy from rectal mucosa was taken. The result of biopsy was adenocarcinoma. Then a low anterior resection of rectum with protective ileostomy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy was performed. During a 15 month follow-up the patient had no problems and no clinical, radiological or laboratory signs or symptoms of recurrence was found. However rectal adenocarcinoma is rare but it should be considered in the differential
diagnosis of intestinal problems.
- Rectal adenocarcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma of colon
- Colorectal cancer in children
- Nonpedunculated polyp
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