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Multiple whitish colonic sessile polyps in a patient with changes in bowel habit

Authors :
Elena Sabattini
Lorenzo Fuccio
G. Gizzi
Gizzi G
Sabattini E
Fuccio L
Source :
BMJ Case Reports. :bcr2015211034
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
BMJ, 2015.

Abstract

A 71-year-old man presented with a 2-month change in bowel habit, with 2–3 bowel movements/day with evacuation of fluffy faeces. A colonoscopy showed the presence of multiple small, whitish sessile polyps from the rectum up to the transverse; chromoendoscopy showed a decrease in the number of vascular network and irregular vessels (figure 1). Figure 1 Colonoscopy: multiple small, whitish sessile polyps extending from the rectum up to the transverse. Chromoendoscopy with indigo carmine showing decreased number of vascular network and irregular vessels. Histologically, a dense lymphocytic infiltrate …

Details

ISSN :
1757790X
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
BMJ Case Reports
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....831b7e7c4f12724cba948f1ddb4d3c87
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-211034