title: Localized giant inflammatory polyposis of the cecum associated with distal ulcerative colitis.
abstract: This case report describes a 68-year-old man who presented with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) and gastric carcinoma. During evaluation, including a colonoscopy, he was found to have distal colitis and a giant polypoid lesion in the cecum that was diagnosed as localized giant inflammatory polyposis (LGIP) by magnifying colonoscopy. The patient was treated over a period of 3 years without surgery, and the LGIP was reduced in size during the follow-up period. Magnifying observation was useful to distinguish LGIP from a neoplastic lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minamikawachi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koinuma
authors.forename: Kazutomo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Togashi
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kirii
authors.forename: Hisanaga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D044483:Intestinal Polyposis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male