An unusual cause of rectal bleeding in a patient with cystic fibrosis

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1999 Mar;14(3):281-4. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.1999.01849.x.

Abstract

Here we identify a previously unreported cause of rectal bleeding (juvenile polyposis) in a patient with cystic fibrosis (CF). We believe this patient most likely has two coexisting genetic diseases. It also raises many issues about organ transplantation in a patient with medical conditions that individually increase the risk of gastrointestinal malignancy and stresses the diagnostic value of endoscopy in CF patients with rectal bleeding.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cystic Fibrosis / complications*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Polyps / complications*
  • Intestinal Polyps / pathology
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Male
  • Rectal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Rectum / pathology