Colitis cystica profunda simulating rectal carcinoma. A case report.
A case of colitis cystica profunda, the patient presenting with haematochezia and a rectal mass, is reported. The clinical and pathological features of this condition are discussed, and the difficulty in distinguishing this lesion from the much commoner rectal neoplasms is emphasised.
D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009093:Mucus; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology