title: An unusual presentation of carcinoma of the rectum.
abstract: The case is described of a middle-aged man whose rectal carcinoma presented with meningitis, due to a fistula into the spinal theca.
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000150:complications; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications