COMPLETE REGRESSION OF VILLOUS ADENOMAS OF THE COLON USING PIROXICAM,A NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUG

Authors
GOWEN GF
Citation
Gf. Gowen, COMPLETE REGRESSION OF VILLOUS ADENOMAS OF THE COLON USING PIROXICAM,A NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUG, Diseases of the colon & rectum, 39(1), 1996, pp. 101-102
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Diseases of the colon & rectum → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123706
Volume
39
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
101 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3706(1996)39:1<101:CROVAO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A 73-year-old patient with a past history of rectal carcinoma was foun d to have two sessile villous adenomas of the cecum. Because he refuse d surgical resection, a course of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy using piroxicam was given, and the villous adenomas regressed within three months. The cecum has remained clear at one year.