A RARE CAUSE OF RECTAL HEMORRHAGE - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
SOUILAMAS MR KHAYAT M ELARBI N SOULIER Y
Citation
Mr. Souilamas et al., A RARE CAUSE OF RECTAL HEMORRHAGE - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Annales de chirurgie, 47(3), 1993, pp. 267-269
Citations number
NO
Journal title
Annales de chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033944
Volume
47
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
267 - 269
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3944(1993)47:3<267:ARCORH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The authors report a case of a tumour arising in an aberant intrasplen ic pancreas, forming a fistula with the left colon, responsible for re ctal bleeding in a 75 year old woman and treated by surgical resection . This tumour is classified as a heterotopic pancreatic tumour. As in the other two cases described in the literature, this tumour was found to be an intrasplenic mucinous cystadenocarcinoma which has a more fa vourable prognosis than heterotopic adenocarcinomas (29 cases reported ).