Rectal bleeding and abdominal mass

Live abdominal pregnancy presenting as massive rectal bleeding.

A case of massive rectal bleeding resulting from the placental attachment of an abdominal pregnancy to the sigmoid colon is reported. Both mother and infant survived this rare complication which should be considered when abdominal colic and major gastrointestinal haemorrhage occur in a pregnant patient.

Diverticulitis and Rectal Bleeding

FRAENKEL (1954) has recently drawn attention to the massive bleeding which sometimes occurs as a primary symptom in cases of diverticulitis of the colon. He quotes Mr. D. C. Corry: "If a middle-aged or elderly patient, apparently in fair health, has a sudden, unexpected, and alarmingly profuse rectal haemorrhage of perhaps several pints, full examination is likely to reveal diverticulosis of th...

Rectal bleeding and polyps.

Colorectal polyps are an important albeit uncommon cause of rectal bleeding in children. Colonoscopy promotes both rapid and accurate diagnosis and the opportunity for immediate therapeutic polypectomy. A 10 year audit of polyps diagnosed and treated endoscopically has been undertaken in the children's endoscopy unit. Twenty nine polyps were diagnosed from 730 colonoscopies; 24 were juvenile, t...

Investigation of rectal bleeding.

Rectal Bleeding and Abdominal Pain Following Vaccination in a 4-Month-Old Infant

Intussusception is one of the most frequent causes of intestinal obstruction in infants. Rotavirus vaccination has been associated with intussusception in the medical literature. We report a case of a 4-month-old female with intussusception requiring hemicolectomy one week following rotavirus vaccination. We review the pathophysiology, presentation, and management of intussusception with a dist...