Melanosis intestini: case report

The term melanosis in the gastrointestinal tract refers to the accumulation of pigment deposits in the mucosa. Melanosis of the colon is not uncommon and has been associated with certain conditions, however melanosis of the small intestine is extremely rare. Herein, we describe a case in which we ob...

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Autores principales: Batistatou, Anna, Panelos, John, Agnantis, Niki J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16759412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-1-3
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author Batistatou, Anna
Panelos, John
Agnantis, Niki J
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description The term melanosis in the gastrointestinal tract refers to the accumulation of pigment deposits in the mucosa. Melanosis of the colon is not uncommon and has been associated with certain conditions, however melanosis of the small intestine is extremely rare. Herein, we describe a case in which we observed melanosis not only in the colon, but in the terminal ileum as well, associated with the use of anthraceneline laxatives. The clinical significance of this condition is not clear, however Gastroenterologists and Pathologists should be aware of its existence.
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spelling pubmed-14592742006-05-12 Melanosis intestini: case report Batistatou, Anna Panelos, John Agnantis, Niki J Diagn Pathol Case Report The term melanosis in the gastrointestinal tract refers to the accumulation of pigment deposits in the mucosa. Melanosis of the colon is not uncommon and has been associated with certain conditions, however melanosis of the small intestine is extremely rare. Herein, we describe a case in which we observed melanosis not only in the colon, but in the terminal ileum as well, associated with the use of anthraceneline laxatives. The clinical significance of this condition is not clear, however Gastroenterologists and Pathologists should be aware of its existence. BioMed Central 2006-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC1459274/ /pubmed/16759412 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-1-3 Text en Copyright © 2006 Batistatou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Melanosis intestini: case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16759412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-1-3
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