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RETROPERITONEAL MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA CAUSING PROFUSE BLEEDING PER RECTUM
Author(s) -
Sim P. H.,
Pathmanathan R.,
Jalleh R. P.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb01757.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rectum , presentation (obstetrics) , radiology , gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery
A case is reported of retroperitoneal malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) invading into the colon, causing fresh bleeding per rectum. It illustrates the difficulty encountered in the pre‐operative diagnosis of this condition, especially in a patient with an atypical presentation of profuse lower gastrointestinal bleeding.