Posttraumatic colonic polyps with skin heterotopia. Report of a case.
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Abstract
A case of posttraumatic colonic polyps with skin heterotopia is reported. A 35-year-old man was the victim of a grenade explosion, which caused evisceration and partial amputation of the right colon. Twenty-five months after the accident, hypochromic anemia developed because of three polyps in the ascending colon. Histology documented the presence of sebaceous glands and keratinized epithelium, suggesting a graft of skin fragments on the colonic mucosa. Such a skin heterotopia has never been reported.
Medical subject headings
- Choristoma
- Colon
- Colonic Diseases
- Colonic Polyps
- Skin
- Wounds, Penetrating