INFLAMMATORY CAP POLYPOSIS - A RARE SYNDR OME

Authors
PENY MO NOEL JC HAOT J SOKOLOW Y ZALCMAN M HOUBEN JJ VANDERWINDEN JM FINNE R ADLER M
Citation
Mo. Peny et al., INFLAMMATORY CAP POLYPOSIS - A RARE SYNDR OME, Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique, 22(3), 1998, pp. 349-352
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
03998320
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
349 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-8320(1998)22:3<349:ICP-AR>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report a case of inflammatory cap polyposis of the colon, a rare sy ndrome, affecting the rectosigmoid. It was observed in a context of mu cous diarrhea. Endoscopic and radiological features consisted of eleva ted and umbilicated nodular lesions. Histology revealed polypoid lesio ns containing elongated crypts with superficial abrasions, covered by inflammatory and fibrinoid material. Etiopathogenesis of this new synd rome is unknown.