[Stenosis of the rectum. A rare complication of prostatic cancer].

A case of stenosis of the rectum, a very rare complication of prostate cancer, is reported. One year after operation for an authentic histologically confirmed adenoma of the prostate gland, the patient progressively developed stenosis of the rectum. The prostatic origin of the stenosis was rapidly established after dilatation of the rectum and histological examination of the transrectal biopsy. Therapeutic attitudes vary according to the circumstances. Severe stenosis could lead to occlusion or subocclusion requiring temporary colostomy. Rectal dilatations have been proposed. This method was used in this case during the critical stage and to allow transrectal biopsy. Hormone therapy is the basic treatment. This pathology is extremely rare with a frequency of 2% according to certain authors and 1% in the series reported here.