Cholesterol emboli in a colonic polyp.
Cholesterol emboli usually occur after vascular surgery or angiographic procedures in patients with extensive arteriosclerosis. Atheroemboli also occur spontaneously in patients receiving anticoagulant drugs. Ischemic colitis, gastric hemorrhage, and acute pancreatitis are the more common gastrointestinal manifestations of cholesterol emboli. Here I report, for apparently the first time, cholesterol emboli in a colonic polyp.
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Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark.
D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged