Duplication of the rectum resembling a juvenile polyp.
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.
Kizilcan
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Tanyel
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Kale
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Hiçsönmez
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities*