Abstract
This case is reported because of the unusual type of the tumor, which converted the rectum into a rigid firm tube as disclosed by clinical and pathologic examination. Karsner and Clark1in their review of the literature found only one direct reference to this form of tumor, that of Bensaude, Cain and Orlean.2They reported three cases, without information as to age, sex or special microscopic features, and stated that the condition was simply referred to by Bard. In their first case the lesion extended for 7 cm. at the rectosigmoid junction. In the second there was a vegetating cancer in the ampulla of the rectum which extended in tubelike form for 18 cm. above, involving posterior and lateral walls. The symptoms of the third case began as an acute dysentery and the lesion extended for 20 cm. in the rectosigmoid region. They used the descriptive phrase un
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