Two Cases of Rectal Xanthoma Presenting as Yellowish to Whitish Lesions during Colonoscopy
Joint Authors
Okada, Hiroyuki
Tanaka, Takehiro
Sugihara, Yuusaku
Harada, Keita
Hiraoka, Sakiko
Takei, Daisuke
Kawahara, Yoshiro
Iwamuro, Masaya
Source
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-06-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Two cases of rectal xanthomas are described.
One case is that of a 56-year-old Japanese man in whom multiple yellowish spots measuring approximately 3 to 5 mm were observed in the rectum during colonoscopy.
The other case is that of a 78-year-old Japanese man in whom colonoscopy showed a whitish plaque of 4 mm in diameter in the rectum.
Biopsy examinations performed on both patients revealed the deposition of xanthoma cells within the rectal mucosa.
Within the gastrointestinal tract, xanthomas most frequently arise in the stomach, whereas the colorectum is rarely affected.
Despite this infrequency, the two cases indicate that xanthomas should be recalled when yellowish to whitish lesions are observed in the colorectum.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Iwamuro, Masaya& Tanaka, Takehiro& Takei, Daisuke& Sugihara, Yuusaku& Harada, Keita& Hiraoka, Sakiko…[et al.]. 2017. Two Cases of Rectal Xanthoma Presenting as Yellowish to Whitish Lesions during Colonoscopy. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Iwamuro, Masaya…[et al.]. Two Cases of Rectal Xanthoma Presenting as Yellowish to Whitish Lesions during Colonoscopy. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Iwamuro, Masaya& Tanaka, Takehiro& Takei, Daisuke& Sugihara, Yuusaku& Harada, Keita& Hiraoka, Sakiko…[et al.]. Two Cases of Rectal Xanthoma Presenting as Yellowish to Whitish Lesions during Colonoscopy. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1145555
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1145555