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Report of a case combining solitary Peutz-Jeghers polyp, colitis cystica profunda, and high-grade dysplasia of the epithelium of the colon.

Alexandros PapalamprosMichail G VailasMaria SotiropoulouEfstratia BailiSpiridon DavakisDemetrios MorisEvangelos FelekourasIoanna Deladetsima
Published in: World journal of surgical oncology (2017)
The purpose of this case report is to highlight colitis cystica profunda and its clinical significance. An uncommon nonneoplastic entity, many times masquerading as malignant lesion of the rectosigmoid area of the colon. Clinicians and pathologists should be aware of this benign condition that is found incidentally postoperatively in patients undergoing colectomies, leading to unnecessary increase of morbidity and mortality in these patients, who otherwise could have been cured with conservative treatment only.
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