Ectopic gastric mucosa in rectum: a rare cause of rectal bleeding in children.
A 3-year-old boy with rectal bleeding and colicky abdominal pain is described in whom heterotopic gastric mucosa in the rectum was found. Increased uptake of 99mTc-pertechnetate was demonstrated in two sites: rectum and left colon. However, gastric mucosa could be identified by endoscopic and histologic examination in the rectum only. The patient was asymptomatic after the operation and during follow-up, over 14 months.
Menchaca Marines
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Center of Pediatrics, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, F.R.G.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005753:Gastric Mucosa; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m