title: Etopic pregnancy causing massive rectal bleeding.
abstract: A case of severe rectal bleeding due to an ectopic pregnancy in the wall of the cecum is reported. The usual preoperative studies for rectal bleeding were performed but did not yield a definitive diagnosis. At laparotomy the right side of the uterus was found to be adherent to the cecum.
mesh_terms: D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous