MUCOSAL PSEUDOLIPOMATOSIS OF THE COLON - A DISCUSSION OF ETIOPATHOGENESIS BASED ON 2 CASE-REPORTS

Authors
PRIGNET JM CARLOZ E DUVAL JL KUNKEL D
Citation
Jm. Prignet et al., MUCOSAL PSEUDOLIPOMATOSIS OF THE COLON - A DISCUSSION OF ETIOPATHOGENESIS BASED ON 2 CASE-REPORTS, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 72(9-10), 1996, pp. 276-278
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
72
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
276 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1996)72:9-10<276:MPOTC->2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The presence of optically empty cysts in the colonic mucosa establishe s the diagnosis of mucosal pseudolipomatosis of the colon, a condition that may be related to pneumatosis intestinalis. Many cases are asymp tomatic. Occurrence as a complication of colonic endoscopy has been re ported. The two cases reported herein are unusual in that they were re vealed by pain or chronic diarrhea. A causative role for endoscopy was virtually excluded in both cases.