title: A 10 year old boy with rectal carcinoma.
abstract: A 10 year old boy with mucinous carcinoma of rectum is a rare case at this age. Here the patient presented with constipation, mucus in stool & abdominal pain since one month. He got consultation from several physicians & went through sonology of whole abdomen several times. There he was missed diagnosed as a case of pyloric stenosis. We came to a probable diagnosis by doing simple digital rectal examination which seemed to be a hard rectal swelling. The diagnosis was established by colonoscopy followed by biopsy. Carcinoma rectum must be considered as a differential diagnosis if patient presents with altered bowel habit, per rectal bleeding, abdominal pain in conjunction with weight loss.
authors: Department of Hepatology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors: C R
authors: CR
authors: Debnath
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Debnath
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Das
authors: T K
authors: TK
authors: Barman
authors: K K
authors: KK
authors: Kundu
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Biswas
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Chakraborty
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Biswas
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D051517:Digital Rectal Examination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*