solitary rectal ulcer syndrome
MONDO:0016208Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names solitary rectal ulcer syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS) is a rare rectal disease characterized by rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, passage of mucus, sensation of incomplete evacuation, straining at defecation and rectal prolapsed, secondary to ischemic changes in the rectum.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016208), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
16 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- HematocheziaHPOHP:0002573
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Anal painHPOHP:0500005
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Chronic constipationHPOHP:0012450
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Intermittent diarrheaHPOHP:0002254
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormality of body heightHPOHP:0000002
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Anal fissureHPOHP:0012390
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- AnemiaHPOHP:0001903
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Bloody diarrheaHPOHP:0025085
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Bloody mucoid diarrheaHPOHP:0025086
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Compulsive behaviorsHPOHP:0000722
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Decreased body weightHPOHP:0004325
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
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- Episodic abdominal painHPOHP:0002574
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Rectal prolapseHPOHP:0002035
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- TenesmusHPOHP:0012702
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Stercoral ulcerHPOHP:0012425
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of