Cargando…
Recurrent Obstructive Giant Inflammatory Polyposis of the Colon
Inflammatory polyps are relatively common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. The term giant inflammatory polyposis is used to describe inflammatory polyps greater than 1.5 cm in any dimension. Their clinical presentation can be varied, ranging from asymptomatic, with incidental detection o...
Autores principales: | , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
American College of Gastroenterology
2016
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062662/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807551 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.62 |
_version_ | 1782459825124278272 |
---|---|
author | Syal, Gaurav Budhraja, Vikram |
author_facet | Syal, Gaurav Budhraja, Vikram |
author_sort | Syal, Gaurav |
collection | PubMed |
description | Inflammatory polyps are relatively common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. The term giant inflammatory polyposis is used to describe inflammatory polyps greater than 1.5 cm in any dimension. Their clinical presentation can be varied, ranging from asymptomatic, with incidental detection on radiological or endoscopic testing, to symptomatic, with rectal bleeding and colonic obstruction. Although giant inflammatory polyposis is a rare finding, it is of clinical importance, since it is easily mistaken for colon cancer, with patients sometimes undergoing radical surgeries. We describe an unusual case of giant inflammatory polyposis causing recurrent symptomatic obstruction despite multiple segmental colectomies in a patient with indeterminate colitis. This is the first such reported case in English literature to the best of our knowledge. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-5062662 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2016 |
publisher | American College of Gastroenterology |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-50626622016-11-02 Recurrent Obstructive Giant Inflammatory Polyposis of the Colon Syal, Gaurav Budhraja, Vikram ACG Case Rep J Case Report Inflammatory polyps are relatively common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. The term giant inflammatory polyposis is used to describe inflammatory polyps greater than 1.5 cm in any dimension. Their clinical presentation can be varied, ranging from asymptomatic, with incidental detection on radiological or endoscopic testing, to symptomatic, with rectal bleeding and colonic obstruction. Although giant inflammatory polyposis is a rare finding, it is of clinical importance, since it is easily mistaken for colon cancer, with patients sometimes undergoing radical surgeries. We describe an unusual case of giant inflammatory polyposis causing recurrent symptomatic obstruction despite multiple segmental colectomies in a patient with indeterminate colitis. This is the first such reported case in English literature to the best of our knowledge. American College of Gastroenterology 2016-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5062662/ /pubmed/27807551 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.62 Text en Copyright © Syal et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Case Report Syal, Gaurav Budhraja, Vikram Recurrent Obstructive Giant Inflammatory Polyposis of the Colon |
title | Recurrent Obstructive Giant Inflammatory Polyposis of the Colon |
title_full | Recurrent Obstructive Giant Inflammatory Polyposis of the Colon |
title_fullStr | Recurrent Obstructive Giant Inflammatory Polyposis of the Colon |
title_full_unstemmed | Recurrent Obstructive Giant Inflammatory Polyposis of the Colon |
title_short | Recurrent Obstructive Giant Inflammatory Polyposis of the Colon |
title_sort | recurrent obstructive giant inflammatory polyposis of the colon |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062662/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807551 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.62 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT syalgaurav recurrentobstructivegiantinflammatorypolyposisofthecolon AT budhrajavikram recurrentobstructivegiantinflammatorypolyposisofthecolon |