Fibrovascular polyp of the sigmoid colon.
A case of a fibrovascular polyp of the sigmoid colon is reported. The patient tested positively for fecal occult blood on a mass survey for colorectal cancer, and underwent colonoscopic examination which revealed a pedunculated submucosal tumor in the sigmoid colon. The tumor, about 10 mm in diameter, had a short thin stalk and was removed endoscopically; the histological diagnosis was fibrovascular polyp. This extremely rare polyp is discussed, and particular attention is focused on the unusual endoscopic features and on the appropriate management.
Ishigaki
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Department of Chemotherapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome General Hospital, Japan.
Tanaka
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Narita
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D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
D001466:Barium Sulfate