A Rare Presentation of Sarcoidosis Masquerading as Colonic Polyps on Screening Colonoscopy

Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized by noncaseating granulomatous inflammation. Gastrointestinal involvement in sarcoidosis is a very rare occurrence, with the colon being affected in few patients. We present a case of sarcoidosis presenting as multiple colonic polyps found on routine co...

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Autores principales: Ufondu, Obiora, Hillerson, Natalie, Shwetar, Mohammed J., Mills, Anne, Kumral, Dennis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9225482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35756725
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000800
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author Ufondu, Obiora
Hillerson, Natalie
Shwetar, Mohammed J.
Mills, Anne
Kumral, Dennis
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description Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized by noncaseating granulomatous inflammation. Gastrointestinal involvement in sarcoidosis is a very rare occurrence, with the colon being affected in few patients. We present a case of sarcoidosis presenting as multiple colonic polyps found on routine colorectal cancer screening colonoscopy. Histopathology of the polyps showed noncaseating granulomas.
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spelling pubmed-92254822022-06-24 A Rare Presentation of Sarcoidosis Masquerading as Colonic Polyps on Screening Colonoscopy Ufondu, Obiora Hillerson, Natalie Shwetar, Mohammed J. Mills, Anne Kumral, Dennis ACG Case Rep J Case Report Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized by noncaseating granulomatous inflammation. Gastrointestinal involvement in sarcoidosis is a very rare occurrence, with the colon being affected in few patients. We present a case of sarcoidosis presenting as multiple colonic polyps found on routine colorectal cancer screening colonoscopy. Histopathology of the polyps showed noncaseating granulomas. Wolters Kluwer 2022-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9225482/ /pubmed/35756725 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000800 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Ufondu, Obiora
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A Rare Presentation of Sarcoidosis Masquerading as Colonic Polyps on Screening Colonoscopy
title A Rare Presentation of Sarcoidosis Masquerading as Colonic Polyps on Screening Colonoscopy
title_full A Rare Presentation of Sarcoidosis Masquerading as Colonic Polyps on Screening Colonoscopy
title_fullStr A Rare Presentation of Sarcoidosis Masquerading as Colonic Polyps on Screening Colonoscopy
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title_short A Rare Presentation of Sarcoidosis Masquerading as Colonic Polyps on Screening Colonoscopy
title_sort rare presentation of sarcoidosis masquerading as colonic polyps on screening colonoscopy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9225482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35756725
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000800
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