OPTIONS IN THE SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF CAVE RNOUS HEMANGIOMA OF THE RECTUM

Cavernous haemangioma of the rectum is an unusual hamartomatous malfor mation, Patients usually present with painless massive rectal bleeding that generally begins at an early age and frequently surgery is neces sary. To avoid abdominoperineal resection of the rectum in these patie nts, a procedure of coloanal steeve anastomosis, that includes a large rectal mucosectomy, has been described. However, in our opinion, if a ffectation of other pelvic organs can been excluded by MRI, it is easi er to do a conservative proctectomy with coloanal anastomosis. We pres ent a case in a seventeen years old patient.