An unusual pedunculated polyp of the colon: association with schistosomiasis.
A patient with long-standing, nonspecific abdominal symptoms had a barium enema showing a single pedunculated polyp. This was removed by colonoscopic polypectomy and found to be an inflammatory polyp associated with Schistosoma mansoni infection. We review the relationship and significance of schistosomiasis to colonic polyps.
D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*
D001466:Barium Sulfate