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  • Gastroenterology
  • Oncology
  • Pathology

Background:

  • Linitis Plastica (LP) is a rare condition involving diffuse infiltration of malignant cells into the submucosal and muscularis propria layers of hollow organs.
  • Rectal LP specifically presents diagnostic challenges due to its rarity and nonspecific clinical manifestations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the diagnostic challenges and poor prognosis associated with rectal Linitis Plastica.
  • To review the clinical presentation, diagnostic modalities, and management of rectal LP.

Main Methods:

  • Case series involving three patients with rectal Linitis Plastica.
  • Diagnostic procedures included colonoscopy, CT, MRI, and histopathological/immunohistochemical analyses.
  • Treatment involved chemotherapy, with surgery reserved for complications.

Main Results:

  • Colonoscopy revealed rectal stenosis with preserved mucosa; imaging showed circumferential rectal wall thickening.
  • Histopathology confirmed submucosal infiltration by malignant cells.
  • All patients received chemotherapy but experienced disease progression, indicating a poor prognosis.

Conclusions:

  • Rectal LP exhibits nonspecific symptoms and characteristic endoscopic/imaging findings of submucosal thickening.
  • Definitive diagnosis requires histology, but biopsies can be non-diagnostic.
  • Late diagnosis and limited treatment options contribute to a poor prognosis, with chemotherapy as the primary therapy.