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Intest Res. 2014 Apr;12(2):162-5. doi: 10.5217/ir.2014.12.2.162. Epub 2014 Apr 29.

A case of ascending colonic xanthoma presenting as a lateral spreading tumor.

Intestinal research

Sang Hun Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Yoo Duk Choi, Won Suk Choi, Ban Seok Kim, Seon Young Park, Sung Bum Cho, Chang Hwan Park, Young Eun Joo, Sung Kyu Choi, Jong Sun Rew

Affiliations

  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
  2. Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.

PMID: 25349585 PMCID: PMC4204703 DOI: 10.5217/ir.2014.12.2.162

Abstract

Gastrointestinal xanthomas are characterized by foamy cytoplasmic cells containing lipid in lamina propria, and occur almost in the gastric mucosa. Colonic xanthomas have been described in rare case. All reported colonic xanthomas were located in rectosigmoid. Rectosigmoid xanthomas have tended to exhibit small polypoid lesion, on the contrary flat in stomach. We report a case of xanthoma on ascending colon presenting as a laterally spreading tumor resected by endoscopic mucosal resection method.

Keywords: Colon, ascending; Polyps; Xanthoma

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