Multiple hyperplastic inflammatory polyps complicating quiescent ulcerative colitis.
A patient with well-controlled and currently asymptomatic ulcerative colitis had II unusually large polypoid lesions in his colon demonstrated by barium enema X-ray examination and colonoscopy. Previous histological descriptions of inflammatory polyps did not adequately describe their morphology, and the term "hyperplastic inflammatory polyp" is suggested.
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male