Endoscopy 2020; 52(S 01): S232
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1704724
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A RARE FINDING IN AN ATYPICAL LOCATION: COLORECTAL XANTHOMAS

Authors

  • P Florez-Diez

    Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Digestive, Oviedo, Spain

  • V Jimenez-Beltran

    Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Digestive, Oviedo, Spain

  • N Rodriguez-Ferreiro

    Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Digestive, Oviedo, Spain

  • M Celada-Sendino

    Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Digestive, Oviedo, Spain

  • L Carballo-Folgoso

    Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Digestive, Oviedo, Spain

  • A Gejo-Beneitez

    Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Digestive, Oviedo, Spain

  • M Fraile-Lopez

    Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Digestive, Oviedo, Spain
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Publication Date:
23 April 2020 (online)

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Gastrointestinal xanthomas are accumulations of foam cells in the lamina propria, usually found in the gastric mucosa, although they can occur in other sections of the digestive tract.

A 59-year-old woman performed gastroscopy and colonoscopy for anemia. Gastroscopy showed a yellowish rough plate(1). On colonoscopy, from rectum(2), oval, yellowish, granular-looking plates(3) were observed, which extended throughout the colon(4), reaching the periapendicular mucosa(5). Biopsies confirmed the finding of xanthomas.

Conclusions Atypical presentation of xanthomas due to its location in the large intestine, its extension from the rectum to the cecum and the coexistence of gastric and colorectal location, not previously described.