A 34-year-old woman presented with pain during menstruation and was diagnosed with endometriosis of the lower rectum. Despite treatment with an LH-RH agonist, she was unable to become pregnant and surgical removal of her endometriosis was recommended. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging revealed endometriosis localized between the neck of the uterus and rectum with indentation and scuffing....

AIM Excellent understanding of fasciae and nerves surrounding the rectum is necessary for total mesorectal excision (TME). However, fasciae anterolateral to the rectum and surrounding the low rectum are still poorly understood. We studied the perirectal fascia enfolding the extraperitoneally located part of the rectum in en-bloc cadaveric specimens and the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this experimental study was to study the arterial supply of the corpus cavernosum recti in the inner wall of the distal rectum in relation to haemorrhoidal ligation therapy. METHOD In 10 nonfixed human cadavers, the arterial vasculature of the rectum was studied using the Araldite casting method. Subsequently, the specimens were treated with methylbenzoate in order to obt...

Introduction The incidence of foreign bodies (FBs) in the rectum has recently increased. FB removal by the transanal way or by colonoscopy is generally feasible and only in few cases surgery is strictly necessary. Due to FB dimensions or rectum and colon anatomy, sometimes it may represent a challenge. Materials and Methods Two cases of FB inserted in the rectum were treated in our institute....

BACKGROUND Renal cell carcinoma metastasizing to rectum is very rare, and the unusual metastatic sites should be paid attention to during the follow-up of renal cell carcinoma. CASE SUMMARY We describe a case of a 65-year-old male who was diagnosed with metastatic renal cell carcinoma to rectum 10 years after the right radical nephrectomy. Histopathology and immunohistochemical examinations c...

Rhabdoid colonic tumors are very rare lesions with just a few publications describing such neoplasms. Even more unusual for these lesions are their primary rectal locations, with only two brief case reports having been published on that subject to date. We present a case of a composite rhabdoid rectal carcinoma in a 49-year-old male. The tumor behaved very aggressively, with rapid patient demis...

Psammoma bodies have been documented in carcinoid tumours of the duodenum, but not in carcinoids at other sites in the gastrointestinal tract. 2 We describe a psammomatous carcinoid tumour in the rectum. A 50 year old woman presented with a two month history of abdominal pain and bleeding from the rectum. On examination, she had pallor, in addition to fullness and tenderness in the left iliac f...

As recommended by the GEC-ESTRO work group, it is important for the 3D image guided CT, or MRI based brachytherapy of cer-A B C D vical cancer to verify what dose is received by 0.1 cm 3 , 1 cm 3 and 2 cm 3 (D 0,1cc , D 1cc and D 2cc , respectively) of the bladder and rectum volume (1). Intracavitary brachytherapy was applied with applicators type Fletcher tandem and ovoids, once a week on a HD...

The spectrum of rectal foreign bodies includes food or nonfood objects that are swallowed and various objects that are inserted via the anal canal. Foreign bodies in the rectum are usually removable transanally, including manual disimpaction and endoscopic removal, although sometimes operative intervention is required. Here, we report a case of an ingested jujube pit lodging in the rectum which...