title: [Endoscopic and echoendoscopic findings in secondary linitis plastica of the rectum].
abstract: Linitis plastica of the rectum consists of intraparietal, subepithelial and circumferential tumoral infiltration of the wall of the rectum leading to a constricted rectum with mural thickening. There is often a delay between symptom onset and diagnosis because this entity mimics a large number of diseases and the findings of endoscopy and conventional biopsies are non-conclusive since the surface mucosa is not usually affected. We present the endoscopic and echoendoscopic findings of two patients with secondary linitis plastica of the rectum.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, España.
authors.forename: Ana Zaida
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Gómez-Moreno
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Repiso
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Mar Lombera
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guardiola
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gómez-Rodríguez
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carrobles
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000556:secondary*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery