Roberto L Meniconi, Roberto Caronna, Michele Benedetti, Gianfranco Fanello, Antonio Ciardi, Monica Schiratti, Federica Papini, Francesco Farelli, Giuseppe Dinatale, Piero Chirletti
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory myoglandular polyp (IMGP) is a rare non-neoplastic polyp of the large bowel, commonly with a distal localization (rectosigmoid), obscure in its pathogenesis. Up till now, 60 cases of IMGP have been described in the literature, but none located in the cecum. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 53-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital for further evaluation of positive fecal occult blood test associated to anemia. A colonoscopy identified a red, sessile, lobulated polyp of the cecum, 4...
2010: BMC Gastroenterology