Children's rectum villous tumor

The rectum villous tumour is an uncommon pathology in paediatrics, it represent 1% of all the children's malign tumours. An eleven-year-old girl present a rectal adenocarcinoma developed from a villous tumour. the aim of this study is to assess , an overview of litterature, the frequency of rectum villous tumours; to specify the value of the clinical examination , of the radiologic finding in the assessement of the loco-regional extension of villous tumours and rectum adenocarcinoma ; and finally to discuss the treatment modalities .
The child rectum villous tumours symptomatology is not very specific. Therefore, a good knowledge of the clinical presentations and the predisposing situations can improve the prognosis of this rare disease.