RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Florid vascular proliferation in repeated intussusception mimicking primary angiomatous lesion.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 91
OP 92
DO 10.1136/jcp.46.1.91
VO 46
IS 1
A1 Ramsden, K L
A1 Newman, J
A1 Moran, A
YR 1993
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/46/1/91.abstract
AB A case of recurrent intussusception in a 76 year old man associated with vascular proliferation is reported. The initial biopsy specimen showed that ulceration and inflammation were not features. The proliferation was so florid as to point to an angiomatous lesion. At this stage a diagnosis of intussusception was not considered. The clinical impression was that of a caecal mass associated with a filling defect visible on barium enema and a fleshy "suspicious" lesion on colonoscopy. This case illustrates the possibility of misinterpreting the importance of florid vascular proliferation in biopsy material where other features indicative of a reparative process are absent.