A Case of Rectal Carcinoma Presenting as Rectal Prolapse.

A Case of Rectal Prolapse

Rectal Prolapse

Risk factors Increased intra-abdominal pressure eg, constipation, diarrhoea, benign prostatic hypertrophy, pregnancy, severe or chronic cough (eg, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, whooping cough). [4] Previous surgery. [5] Pelvic floor dysfunction. [6] Parasitic infections eg, amoebiasis, schistosomiasis. [7] Neurological disease eg, previous lower back or pelvic trauma, ...

Invasive carcinoma of prostate presenting as rectal carcinoma.

Prostate carcinoma occasionally can present with rectal obstructive symptoms and an annular constricting lesion of the rectum. Discriminating between primary rectal carcinoma and prostate carcinoma locally invasive to the rectum is of obvious importance because of the different treatments and prognoses. History and physical examination play only a marginal role in differentiating between these ...

Rectal Prolapse

Risk factors Increased intra-abdominal pressure eg, constipation, diarrhoea, benign prostatic hypertrophy, pregnancy, severe or chronic cough (eg, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, whooping cough). [4] Previous surgery. [5] Pelvic floor dysfunction. [6] Parasitic infections eg, amoebiasis, schistosomiasis. [7] Neurological disease eg, previous lower back or pelvic trauma, ...

Rectal prolapse.

Despite the innovation of more than 100 surgical procedures for the treatment of complete rectal prolapse, no one procedure is best and applicable to all patients. Traditionally, procedures have been divided into abdominal and perineal approaches. The application of the laparoscopic approach to colon and rectal disease has allowed an additional less invasive method of therapy to treat rectal pr...