Colitis cystica profunda
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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:
- Well-differentiated colorectal adenocarcinoma.[2]
See also
- Colon.
- Rectum.
- [Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis]].
- Pneumatosis intestinalis.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kayaçetin, E.; Kayaçetin, S.. "Colitis cystica profunda simulating rectal carcinoma.". Acta Chir Belg 105 (3): 306-8. PMID 16018526.