Localized Colitis Cystica Profunda of the Sigmoid Colon

K. Yashiro; Y. Murakami; B. Iizuka; K. Hasegawa; K. Nagasako; A. Yamada

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1018500

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 1985; 17(5): 198-199
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018500

Localized Colitis Cystica Profunda of the Sigmoid Colon

K. Yashiro, Y. Murakami, B. Iizuka, K. Hasegawa, K. Nagasako, A. Yamada

Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo, Japan

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Summary

Localized colitis cystica profunda (CCP) is a rare condition found in the rectum.

Localized CCP of 70-year-old man was found in the sigmoid colon, it was accompanied by a cancer in the ascending colon and an adenomatous polyp with focal malignancy in the sigmoid colon. Colonoscopically, the tumor appeared like a submucosal tumor.

Key words:

Colitis cystica profunda - Sigmoid colon - Colon cancer - Adenoma

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