title: Rectal gastric heterotopia in infancy.
abstract: Heterotopic gastric mucosa is rare in children with most cases presenting in association with Meckel's diverticulum. The authors present a 2-year-old boy with gastric heterotopia of the anorectum, who presented with painless, intermittent rectal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wiersma
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Govender
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000209:etiology