title: Colitis cystica profunda.
abstract: The clinical, pathologic and radiologic features of colitis cystica profunda (CCP) in a 60-year-old woman are presented. This benign lesion, although rare, is usually misdiagnosed and consequently treated as a carcinoma. It should be included in the differential diagnosis of submucosal rectal lesions.
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy; D003092:Colitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*