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Massive rectal bleeding in a malingering patient

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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In this case report attention is drawn to malingering as a possible cause for recurrent, and at times profuse, rectal bleeding. The bleeding lesions were, characteristically, limited to the distal part of the rectum and the adjacent mucosa was perfectly normal. In the case described this syndrome occurred in a woman with a hysterical personality and conversion reactions.

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  1. From the Unit of Gastroenterology and Department of Medicine “A,”, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Hospital and Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    M. J. Seijffers M.D. & A. Welner M.D.

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Seijffers, M.J., Welner, A. Massive rectal bleeding in a malingering patient. Dis Colon Rectum 12, 347–350 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617747

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