[Colitis cystica profunda: report of one case].
Colitis cystica profunda is a benign condition that can be confused with adenocarcinoma. We report a 35 year-old woman that received radiotherapy for a uterine cervical carcinoma who presented intermittent hematochezia three times after ending the therapy. This episode was diagnosed and treated as a radiation colitis and the patient remained asymptomatic for six years. After this period she presented again intermittent hematochezia and a rectal mass that was surgically removed. The pathology report disclosed a colitis cystica profunda.
de Toro C
Gonzalo
G
Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
Villaseca H
Miguel
M
Roa S
Juan Carlos
JC
D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D003092:Colitis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy