SOLITARY RECTAL ULCER SYNDROME IN A CHILD

Authors
DELARUBIA L VILLAESPESA AR CEBRERO M DEFRIAS EG
Citation
L. Delarubia et al., SOLITARY RECTAL ULCER SYNDROME IN A CHILD, The Journal of pediatrics, 122(5), 1993, pp. 733-736
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
122
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Part
1
Pages
733 - 736
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1993)122:5<733:SRUSIA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We describe a 6-year-old boy with solitary rectal ulcer syndrome, and the sigmoidoscopic and histopathologic findings. The evolution of the histologic features and the absence of trauma suggest that the origin of the ulceration is ischemic in nature.