Endoscopic ultrasonographic findings in rectal leiomyoma.
A 35 year old man visiting a hospital for his annual check-up in August 1992 was found to have a large rectal tumour on digital examination. Colonoscopy revealed a bulging lesion with normal mucosa. Endoscopic biopsy showed only normal tissue. Endoscopic ultrasonography demonstrated a large hypo-echoic submucosal tumour in the fourth layer (muscularis propria) of the rectal wall. Based on this endoscopic ultrasonographic finding, we diagnosed the tumour as leiomyoma pre-operatively. The tumour was excised by a trans-sacral local excision. The histological diagnosis of the resected specimen was cellular leiomyoma.
Tanaka
M
M
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Fujishima
H
H
Chijiiwa
Y
Y
Nawata
H
H
Eguchi
T
T
Kinjo
M
M
D000328:Adult; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography