title: Small bowel obstruction presenting with a rectal haematoma.
abstract: We report on a case of an 85-year old man with an unusual presentation of small bowel obstruction. A palpable mass on digital rectal examination was subsequently visualised endoscopically with the appearance of a haematoma. The presence of a rectal mass as a presenting sign for small bowel obstruction is highly unusual and unreported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Omar A Mownah, Zaed Z Hamady, Mark J Rogers, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Omar A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Mownah
authors.forename: Zaed Z
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Hamady
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Syed G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Deven H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Vani