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Abstract
<p class="first" id="d12986973e198">The presence of per rectal (PR) bleeding in elderly
people usually alerts us to the
possibility of colonic malignancy, particularly if a concomitant altered bowel habit
is present, without a history of the symptom. We present a case where the cause of
PR bleeding turned out to be a caecal schwannoma. Caecal schwannoma is a rare tumour
of the gastrointestinal tract of mesenchymal origin and diagnosis prior to radical
surgical resection is difficult. Endoscopic biopsy often fails to provide an adequate
specimen and immunohistochemistry is essential to the diagnosis.
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