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C ASE R EPORT : An unusual cause of rectal bleeding in a patient with cystic fibrosis
Author(s) -
Treepongkaruna Suporn,
Hardikar Winita,
Chow Chung,
Smith Arnold,
Oliver Mark
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1746.1999.01849.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystic fibrosis , malignancy , gastroenterology , endoscopy , colonoscopy , lower gastrointestinal bleeding , rectum , surgery , colorectal cancer , cancer
Here we identify a previously unreported cause of rectal bleeding (juvenile polyposis) in a patient with cystic fibrosis (CF). We believe this patient most likely has two coexisting genetic diseases. It also raises many issues about organ transplantation in a patient with medical conditions that individually increase the risk of gastrointestinal malignancy and stresses the diagnostic value of endoscopy in CF patients with rectal bleeding.