Herpes Proctitis in Men Mimicking Rectal Adenocarcinoma: Two Cases of an Easily Overlooked Diagnosis in the Proximal Rectum

We describe two cases of rectal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in men that clinically mimicked rectal adenocarcinoma. Herpes infection in this location more commonly presents as an anal mass with viral inclusions in squamous epithelial cells. We report these cases to increase awareness of the...

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Main Authors: Jing Sun, Reenu Malhotra, Lakshmi Ananthakrishnan, Purva Gopal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/6947960
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