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*May present as a polyp in the colon.<ref name=pmid21915840>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kemp | first1 = CD. | last2 = Arnold | first2 = CA. | last3 = Torbenson | first3 = MS. | last4 = Stein | first4 = EM. | title = An unusual polyp: a pedunculated leiomyoma of the sigmoid colon. | journal = Endoscopy | volume = 43 Suppl 2 UCTN | issue = | pages = E306-7 | month = | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1055/s-0030-1256640 | PMID = 21915840 }}</ref> | *May present as a polyp in the colon.<ref name=pmid21915840>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kemp | first1 = CD. | last2 = Arnold | first2 = CA. | last3 = Torbenson | first3 = MS. | last4 = Stein | first4 = EM. | title = An unusual polyp: a pedunculated leiomyoma of the sigmoid colon. | journal = Endoscopy | volume = 43 Suppl 2 UCTN | issue = | pages = E306-7 | month = | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1055/s-0030-1256640 | PMID = 21915840 }}</ref> | ||
==Colonic polyp with reactive subepithelial cells== | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Surface epithelium with a reduced quantity of cytoplasm and less goblets (regenerative appearance). | |||
*Mildly atypical subepithelial cells with pale abundant cytoplasm and nuclear enlargement +/-nuclear hyperchromasia. | |||
===Sign out=== | |||
<pre> | |||
POLYP, ASCENDING COLON, POLYPECTOMY: | |||
- POLYPOID FRAGMENT OF COLONIC-TYPE MUCOSA WITH REACTIVE SUBEPITHELIAL CELLS, SEE COMMENT. | |||
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA. | |||
COMMENT: | |||
A pankeratin and CK7 immunostains are non-concerning. A CD68 immunostain highlights lamina propria macrophages. | |||
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=See also= | =See also= | ||