RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Conventional transanal excision for a very low gastrointestinal stromal tumour JF BMJ Case Reports FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP bcr-2016-217424 DO 10.1136/bcr-2016-217424 VO 2017 A1 Georgios C Sotiropoulos A1 Paraskevas Stamopoulos A1 Stylianos Kykalos A1 Nikolaos Machairas YR 2017 UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2016-217424.abstract AB Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) represents a rare tumour entity, which has been more intensively investigated during the last decade. The rectum as the primary site of GIST is even uncommon. The space constraints in the pelvis renders optimal oncological surgery demanding and proximity of these lesions to the anal sphincter enhances the potential morbidity of any radical surgery. We herein report on a young patient with a >5 cm rectal GIST localised at 1 cm from the anorectal junction.