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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
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*+/-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>
*+/-Inflammation.
*+/-Inflammation.



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

General

  • Very rare ~ 200 cases reported.[1]
  • Benign - may mimic of adenocarcinoma.[2]
  • The same process in the small bowel is enteritis cystica profunda.[1]

Gross

Features:

  • Colon and rectum.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Mucin filled cysts in the submucosa.[2][3]
  • +/-Inflammation.

DDx:

DDx:

Image:

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kayaçetin, E.; Kayaçetin, S.. "Colitis cystica profunda simulating rectal carcinoma.". Acta Chir Belg 105 (3): 306-8. PMID 16018526.
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  4. Qayed, E.; Srinivasan, S.; Wehbi, M. (Jan 2011). "A case of colitis cystica profunda in association with diverticulitis.". Am J Gastroenterol 106 (1): 172-3. doi:10.1038/ajg.2010.374. PMID 21212765.