A giant colonic hamartoma and multiple colonic hamartomatous polyps in a middle-aged man.
Colonic hamartomas are rare polypoid lesions. We report an unusual case of multiple colonic hamartomatous polyps, including a giant hamartoma, unrelated to hereditary or familial polyposis syndromes, in a 48-year-old man. The diameter of the largest polyp was 9.5 cm, and endoscopy revealed that the lesion caused colonic obstruction. The clinical, endoscopic and histological aspects of this case are discussed.
Park
In Ja
IJ
Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1 Poongnap- dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea.
Kim
Hee Cheol
HC
Yu
Chang Sik
CS
Koo
Hyun Lyung
HL
Kim
Jung Sun
JS
Kim
Jin Cheon
JC
D003082:Colectomy; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged