Colitis cystica profunda

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

General

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

Gross

Features:

• Colon and rectum.

Microscopic

Features:

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

DDx:

• Well-differentiated colorectal adenocarcinoma.

See also

• Colon.
• Rectum.
• Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis.
• Pneumatosis intestinalis.