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Localized giant inflammatory polyposis of the cecum associated with distal ulcerative colitis

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This case report describes a 68-year-old man who presented with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) and gastric carcinoma. During evaluation, including a colonoscopy, he was found to have distal colitis and a giant polypoid lesion in the cecum that was diagnosed as localized giant inflammatory polyposis (LGIP) by magnifying colonoscopy. The patient was treated over a period of 3 years without surgery, and the LGIP was reduced in size during the follow-up period. Magnifying observation was useful to distinguish LGIP from a neoplastic lesion.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minamikawachi, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan

    Koji Koinuma, Kazutomo Togashi, Yasushi Kirii, Hisanaga Horie, Masaki Okada & Hideo Nagai

  2. Department of Surgery, Omiya Medical Center of Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Japan

    Fumio Konishi

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Koinuma, K., Togashi, K., Konishi, F. et al. Localized giant inflammatory polyposis of the cecum associated with distal ulcerative colitis. J Gastroenterol 38, 880–883 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-002-1164-6

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