Rectal carcinoma in a 24-year-old man with Hirschsprung's disease
Henriksen, J.; Green, C.; Ljungmann, K.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 180(25)
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 29938634 Document Number: 697594
This case report presents an incident of rectal carcinoma in a 24-year-old man with Hirschsprung's disease, for which he was operated in his early childhood, with a Soave pull-through procedure. No direct association between Hirschsprung's disease and rectal cancer was found in our review of the literature. However, several case reports of rectal cancers following pull-through procedures exist. A low threshold for further clinical investigations is recommended, if these patients are presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms.