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*Usually conservative, i.e. non-surgical.
*Usually conservative, i.e. non-surgical.
*Resection - may be done for fear of malignancy.
*Resection - may be done for fear of malignancy.
===Gross===
*Classically, anterior or anterolateral wall of the rectum.<ref name=pmid18271667/>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid18271667/><ref name=pmid2091997>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Malik | first1 = AK. | last2 = Bhaskar | first2 = KV. | last3 = Kochhar | first3 = R. | last4 = Bhasin | first4 = DK. | last5 = Singh | first5 = K. | last6 = Mehta | first6 = SK. | last7 = Datta | first7 = BN. | title = Solitary ulcer syndrome of the rectum--a histopathologic characterisation of 33 biopsies. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 33 | issue = 3 | pages = 216-20 | month = Jul | year = 1990 | doi =  | PMID = 2091997 }}</ref>
Features:<ref name=pmid18271667/><ref name=pmid2091997>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Malik | first1 = AK. | last2 = Bhaskar | first2 = KV. | last3 = Kochhar | first3 = R. | last4 = Bhasin | first4 = DK. | last5 = Singh | first5 = K. | last6 = Mehta | first6 = SK. | last7 = Datta | first7 = BN. | title = Solitary ulcer syndrome of the rectum--a histopathologic characterisation of 33 biopsies. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 33 | issue = 3 | pages = 216-20 | month = Jul | year = 1990 | doi =  | PMID = 2091997 }}</ref>
*Fibrosis of the lamina propria - should be obliterated.
*Fibrosis of the lamina propria.
*Thickened muscularis mucosa - abnormally extends to the lumen.
*Thickened muscularis mucosa with abnormal extension to the lumen.
*+/-Mucosa ulceration.
*+/-Mucosa ulceration.
*+/-Submucosal fibrosis.
*+/-Submucosal fibrosis.


Histologic DDx:
DDx:
*[[Inflammatory pseudopolyp]] (inflammatory polyp).
*[[Inflammatory pseudopolyp]] (inflammatory polyp).
**Associated with [[inflammatory bowel disease]].
**Associated with [[inflammatory bowel disease]].
*Rectal prolapse. (?)
*Rectal prolapse.{{fact}}


==Rectal prolapse==
==Rectal prolapse==
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