Stercoral Ulcer
Case description
Stercoral Ulcer (Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome)
Steven Mitchell, MD
Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome is usually a coincidental finding that can be
mistaken for ulcerative colitis, cancer, or other more common diseases with
abnormal presentation. Symptoms may be none, bleeding, passage of mucous, incomplete emptying and straining. Treatment is debatable and consists of doing nothing vs. surgery for those with rectal prolapse.
Learning objectives:
●Recognize stercoral ulcer and appreciate the differences between this entity and other more common disease processes of the rectum.
Steven Mitchell, MD
Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome is usually a coincidental finding that can be
mistaken for ulcerative colitis, cancer, or other more common diseases with
abnormal presentation. Symptoms may be none, bleeding, passage of mucous, incomplete emptying and straining. Treatment is debatable and consists of doing nothing vs. surgery for those with rectal prolapse.
Learning objectives:
●Recognize stercoral ulcer and appreciate the differences between this entity and other more common disease processes of the rectum.
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