Unlabelled: Presented case was 57-year-old male reported to be found dead in the watchman cabin in his workplace. At the autopsy, in abdominal cavity dirty green-brown colored fluid with a few particles of intestinal contents and yellow-green colored membranes on abdominal organs were observed, on the anterior wall of the rectum, 2x1.5 cm size perforation area was observed. We aimed to present the rare case of solitary rectal ulcer perforation.
Keywords: solitary rectal ulcer - death - autopsy.
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December 2024
Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
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Gastroenterology and Hepatology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LBN.
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Hospital Clínico de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile.
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September 2024
General Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
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Department of Gastroenterology, University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon.
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