Difference between revisions of "Colitis cystica profunda"

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*Mucin filled cysts in the muscularis mucosa.
*Mucin filled cysts in the muscularis mucosa.
*+/-Inflammation.
*+/-Inflammation.
DDx:
*Well-differentiated [[colorectal adenocarcinoma]].<ref name=pmid16018526>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kayaçetin | first1 = E. | last2 = Kayaçetin | first2 = S. | title = Colitis cystica profunda simulating rectal carcinoma. | journal = Acta Chir Belg | volume = 105 | issue = 3 | pages = 306-8 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 16018526 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 23:11, 19 October 2013

Colitis cystica profunda, abbreviated CCP, a very rare gastrointestinal pathology.

General

  • Very rare ~ 200 cases reported.[1]
  • The same process in the small bowel is enteritis cystica profunda.[1]

Gross

Features:

  • Colon and rectum.

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • Mucin filled cysts in the muscularis mucosa.
  • +/-Inflammation.

DDx:

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dolar, E.; Kiyici, M.; Yilmazlar, T.; Gürel, S.; Nak, SG.; Gülten, M. (Sep 2007). "Colitis cystica profunda.". Turk J Gastroenterol 18 (3): 206-7. PMID 17891698.
  2. Kayaçetin, E.; Kayaçetin, S.. "Colitis cystica profunda simulating rectal carcinoma.". Acta Chir Belg 105 (3): 306-8. PMID 16018526.