Case report of a traumatic rectal neuroma.

Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf)

Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

Published: November 2016

Traumatic neuroma is a well-recognized complication of lower extremity amputation, yet has also been noted to occur elsewhere. We report a clinical case and English-language literature review of traumatic rectal neuroma, a well-known pathologic entity not previously reported in this anatomic location.

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