An unusual hamartomatous malformation of the rectosigmoid presenting as an irreducible rectal prolapse and necessitating rectosigmoid resection in a 14-week-old infant

Dis Colon Rectum. 1983 Jul;26(7):452-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02556525.

Abstract

A 14-week-old female infant presented with an irreducible rectal prolapse and a large polypoid tumor at the tip of the prolapsed mucosa. The tumor and prolapsed rectum were resected. Four weeks after the operation, profuse rectal bleeding occurred and a second similar tumor was diagnosed by endoscopy in the sigmoid colon. Laparotomy, rectosigmoid resection, and endorectal pull-through were performed. At operation, the serosal surface showed ragged polypoid lesions and an abnormal angiomatous vascularization. The postoperative course was uneventful. The histology suggested a congenital mucosal malformation. This pathology is unique in our experience and we have been unable to find anything resembling it in the literature. At age two years a Sertoli cell tumor developed in the girl with pubertas precox and a recurrent colonic polyp of the Peutz-Jeghers type.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Colon, Sigmoid / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hamartoma / congenital*
  • Hamartoma / pathology
  • Hamartoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Rectal Neoplasms / congenital*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Rectal Prolapse / etiology*
  • Rectum / surgery
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / congenital*
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / surgery