Infliximab failure in cap polyposis
| Autor: | Maunoury, V, Breisse, M, Desreumaux, P, Gambiez, L, Colombel, J-F |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain Pathology Letter medicine.medical_treatment Colonoscopy Gastroenterology Cap polyposis Pelvis Chromoendoscopy Postoperative Complications Internal medicine medicine Humans Intestinal Mucosa Lamina propria Leiomyoma medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Intestinal Polyps Polypectomy Endoscopy Sigmoid Neoplasms Metronidazole medicine.anatomical_structure Uterine Neoplasms Female medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Gut. 54:313-314 |
| ISSN: | 0017-5749 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/gut.2004.053686 |
| Popis: | Cap polyposis is a rare condition that predominantly affects the rectosigmoid with distinctive clinicopathological features. The common symptoms are mucoid and bloody diarrhoea with abdominal pain and tenesmus. At endoscopy, polyps are red, sessile, and located at the apices of enlarged transverse mucosal folds with a normal intervening mucosa. Microscopic features include elongated hyperplastic looking glands with a mixed inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina propria. A cap of fibrinopurulent exudate covers the polyps. Treatment of this condition remains empiric. Metronidazole and steroids have been effective in some cases. Symptoms are often relieved by polypectomy but rectosigmoid resection may be required … |
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