INFLAMMATORY FIBROID POLYP OF THE ILEUM WITH THE APPEARANCE OF A BORRMANN TYPE-II LESION, CAUSED BY COLOSTOMY IRRIGATION - REPORT OF A CASE

Inflammatory fibroid polyps (IFPs) are rarely found in the gastrointes tinal tract. The majority of IFPs are sessile-pedunculated or peduncul ated polypoid lesions, whereas a polyp presenting like a Borrmann type II lesion is extremely unusual, This report describes the case of a 7 4-year-old man with a history of intussusception, in whom a preoperati ve diagnosis of a cecal tumor of the ileocecal valve was made. A lapar otomy subsequently revealed a lesion similar to a Borrmann type II tum or located 15 cm above the ileocecal valve, but not at the valve. The lesion was diagnosed as an IFP which had been caused by repeated colos tomy irrigation. The aim of the present report is to draw attention to this entity, which should be included in the differential diagnosis o f intussusception and small bowel obstruction.