Difference between revisions of "Gastrointestinal tract polyps"

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 ==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.
-</pre>
-====Rectum====
-<pre>
-RECTUM, BIOPSY:
-- FECAL MATERIAL.
-- NO DEFINITE RECTAL MUCOSA IDENTIFIED.
-</pre>
 =Hyperplastic polyp=