LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA CAUSING RECURRENT RECTAL PROLAPSE

Authors
RITTMEYER C NAKAYAMA D ULSHEN MH
Citation
C. Rittmeyer et al., LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA CAUSING RECURRENT RECTAL PROLAPSE, The Journal of pediatrics, 131(3), 1997, pp. 487-488
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
131
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
487 - 488
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1997)131:3<487:LHCRRP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
An 8-year-old girl had a 5-month history of recurrent rectal prolapse. On colonoscopy, two submucosal masses were noted in the distal rectum and diagnosed by biopsy as benign lymphoid hyperplasia. These were ex cised by limited dissection superficial to the submucosa, and the hist ologic diagnosis was confirmed. The child has done well after removal of the nodules, with no subsequent prolapse for more than 2 years.