Difference between revisions of "Gastrointestinal tract polyps"

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==Fecal material==
==Fecal material==
:''Fecal matter'' redirects here.
{{Main|fecal material}}
===General===
*Common.
*Associated with poor bowel preparation.
*Endoscopists go after anything that is polypoid and that may be nothing more than poo.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Plant material:
**Yellow staining chicken wire-like material - may be linear.
***Thick cell walls often without cytoplasm and usually without a nucleus.
*Meat:
**Eosinophilic honeycomb-like material without nuclei and without inflammation.
***Essentially ischemic skeletal muscle without inflammation.
*+/-Microorganisms.
*+/-Inflammatory cells.
 
DDx:
*Necrosis.
**[[Gastrointestinal tract polyps#Colorectal adenocarcinoma|Colorectal adenocarcinoma]].
 
===Sign out===
<pre>
TRANSVERSE COLON, BIOPSY:
- FECAL MATERIAL.
- NO DEFINITE COLONIC MUCOSA IDENTIFIED.
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====Rectum====
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RECTUM, BIOPSY:
- FECAL MATERIAL.
- NO DEFINITE RECTAL MUCOSA IDENTIFIED.
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=Hyperplastic polyp=
=Hyperplastic polyp=
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