Mass-Forming Gastric Heterotopia of the Rectum: A Series of 3 Cases from a Single Tertiary Health Center

26 July 2022: Articles

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Jeffrey D. Covington ^A , Yang Zong ^A* , Arslan Talat ^B , Cara Strock ^B , Keith Tomaszewicz ^B , Jaroslav Zivny ^B , Michelle X. Yang ^A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936631

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936631

Table 1. Characteristics of the 3 cases of rectal gastric heterotopic. Age is represented in years. cm, centimeters.

	Age	Sex	Symptomology	Lesion size (cm)	Location	Gastric mucosal type	Associated findings
Case 1	25	Male	Hematochezia and diarrhea	4.0	10.0 cm above anal verge	Oxyntic/fundic	Tubular adenoma with high-grade dysplasia
Case 2	52	Female	Anal pain	1.2	Just above dentate line	Oxyntic/fundic	None
Case 3	33	Male	Hematochezia and anal pain	1.8	10.0 cm above anal verge	Oxyntic/fundic	None