TY - JOUR ID - 45850 TI - Rectal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Of A Rare Histology JO - Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research JA - ACRR LA - en SN - AU - Psingh, Sankal AU - Lohia, Nishant AU - Prashar, Manoj AU - Anand, Subramananiam AU - Viswanath, Sundaram AU - Ranjan, Richa AD - Malignant Disease Treatment Centre, Command Hospital (CC), Lucknow, India AD - Department of Pathology, Command Hospital (CC), Lucknow, India Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 4 KW - Squamous cell carcinoma KW - hematochezia KW - Rectum DO - N2 - The rectum is an unusual and unlikely site for squamous carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract. The clinicalpresentation of this rare histology though, is similar to adenocarcinoma rectum. Being a rare clinical entity withlimited cases, the etiology, pathogenesis and optimal treatment regimen is still unclear. In this paper, we presenta case of a 55 years old man presenting with complaints of bleeding per rectum for previous six months. Imagingrevealed mass in rectum and the biopsy was suggestive of squamous cell carcinoma. He was treated withabdominoperineal resection followed by adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.The rectum is an unusual and unlikely site for squamous carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract. The clinicalpresentation of this rare histology though, is similar to adenocarcinoma rectum. Being a rare clinical entity withlimited cases, the etiology, pathogenesis and optimal treatment regimen is still unclear. In this paper, we presenta case of a 55 years old man presenting with complaints of bleeding per rectum for previous six months. Imagingrevealed mass in rectum and the biopsy was suggestive of squamous cell carcinoma. He was treated withabdominoperineal resection followed by adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. UR - https://colorectalresearch.sums.ac.ir/article_45850.html L1 - https://colorectalresearch.sums.ac.ir/article_45850_215a9ee66d58a63d963d135aa9d2e502.pdf ER -