Localized giant inflammatory polyposis of the cecum associated with distal ulcerative colitis

Koji Koinuma; Kazutomo Togashi; Fumio Konishi; Yasushi Kirii; Hisanaga Horie; Masaki Okada; Hideo Nagai

doi:10.1007/s00535-002-1164-6

Localized giant inflammatory polyposis of the cecum associated with distal ulcerative colitis

J Gastroenterol. 2003;38(9):880-3. doi: 10.1007/s00535-002-1164-6.

Authors

Koji Koinuma¹, Kazutomo Togashi, Fumio Konishi, Yasushi Kirii, Hisanaga Horie, Masaki Okada, Hideo Nagai

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minamikawachi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.

PMID: 14564633
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-002-1164-6

Abstract

This case report describes a 68-year-old man who presented with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) and gastric carcinoma. During evaluation, including a colonoscopy, he was found to have distal colitis and a giant polypoid lesion in the cecum that was diagnosed as localized giant inflammatory polyposis (LGIP) by magnifying colonoscopy. The patient was treated over a period of 3 years without surgery, and the LGIP was reduced in size during the follow-up period. Magnifying observation was useful to distinguish LGIP from a neoplastic lesion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cecal Diseases / etiology*
Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
Humans
Intestinal Polyposis / etiology*
Male