Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the rectum.
A case of inflammatory fibroid polyp of the rectum in an 8 years old boy is reported. This lesion is not infrequently found in the gastro-intestinal tract, is very rare in childhood and has never been reported in the rectum. The pathogenetical hypothesis that fibroid represents a dynamic response to recurrent small injuries with possible different histological patterns is prospected.
D002648:Child; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology