Gastric heterotopia in the rectum - 17/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.gie.2005.11.007
| Commentary Gastric heterotopia may occur anywhere in the GI tract and uncommonly involves the rectum. The most common GI manifestation is painless bleeding, and, when the tissue is found in the rectum, it usually is on the posterolateral wall between 5 and 8 cm from the anal verge. It would have been interesting to see if the lesion was detected by technetium 99m pertechnetate scanning, but it is disturbing that it was not seen on antegrade inspection. Many gastroenterologists evaluate the rectum by retroflexion at the end of the examination, but this can be done just as well upon entry. Lawrence J. Brandt, MD Associate Editor of Focal Points |
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