Open AccessA Malignant Mass in Rectum : a Complication of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
Author(s) -
Bhola Raj Joshi
Publication year - 2017
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-136X
pISSN - 2091-1378
DOI - 10.3126/njr.v5i1-2.18740
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , family history , rectum , malignancy , familial adenomatous polyposis , abdominal pain , abdominal mass , colonoscopy , complication , diarrhea , colorectal cancer , gastroenterology , general surgery , radiology , cancer
An unusual case of multiple round filling defects in colon in a patient with family history of rectal malignancy and its pathogenesis has been described. Family history may not be present in 25%. Usually there is family history of polyp or colorectal carcinoma at 40 years or younger. The young patient may suffer from unexplained rectal bleeding, diarrhea, abdominal pain. Some may be asymptomatic until they develop carcinoma.Nepal Journal of Radiology Vol.5(1-2) 2015: 21-25