Rectal Polyp with Osseous Metaplasia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Autor: Nitin Rangrao Gaikwad, Sudhir Jagdishprasad Gupta, Kirti Jaiswal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, Vol 6, Iss 4 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2783-2430
Popis: An osseous metaplasia in colonic tissue is extremely rare. The current report presents a case of osseous metaplasia in a hamartomatousrectal polyp in a four-year-old boy, who presented with intermittent rectal bleeding. Though this condition has minimumadverse effects on the prognosis of the patient, awareness of this rare histological variant is of utmost importance.
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