Rectal Blue Nevus: Distinguishing Features of a Rare Entity

A 26-year-old African American man with a history of depression and tuberculosis presented to the gastroenterology department after several months of rectal pain with bowel movements. Colonoscopy revealed hyperpigmentation in the distal rectum and internal hemorrhoids, which resulted in a diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Mohan, Neena, Tofani, Christina, McCue, Peter, Quirk, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28008401
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.141
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author Mohan, Neena
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McCue, Peter
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description A 26-year-old African American man with a history of depression and tuberculosis presented to the gastroenterology department after several months of rectal pain with bowel movements. Colonoscopy revealed hyperpigmentation in the distal rectum and internal hemorrhoids, which resulted in a diagnosis of blue nevi. This is only the third known description of a blue nevus involving the gastrointestinal mucosa.
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spelling pubmed-51719392016-12-22 Rectal Blue Nevus: Distinguishing Features of a Rare Entity Mohan, Neena Tofani, Christina McCue, Peter Quirk, Daniel ACG Case Rep J Case Report A 26-year-old African American man with a history of depression and tuberculosis presented to the gastroenterology department after several months of rectal pain with bowel movements. Colonoscopy revealed hyperpigmentation in the distal rectum and internal hemorrhoids, which resulted in a diagnosis of blue nevi. This is only the third known description of a blue nevus involving the gastrointestinal mucosa. American College of Gastroenterology 2016-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5171939/ /pubmed/28008401 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.141 Text en Copyright © Mohan 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/
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