An unusual rectal mass

Gastroenterology. 2012 Sep;143(3):e16-e17. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.02.047. Epub 2012 Jul 26.

Authors

Claudia K Tigchelaar¹, Lodewijk A A Brosens², Cees A Seldenrijk³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
² Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Pathology, St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.

PMID: 22841728
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.02.047

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Biopsy
Colonoscopy
Diagnosis, Differential
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Pain / microbiology
Penicillin G / therapeutic use
Predictive Value of Tests
Proctitis / microbiology
Rectal Diseases / diagnosis*
Rectal Diseases / drug therapy
Rectal Diseases / microbiology
Rectal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Syphilis / diagnosis*
Syphilis / drug therapy
Syphilis / microbiology
Treatment Outcome
Treponema pallidum / isolation & purification*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Penicillin G