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**People on a low-fibre diet seem to have less of 'em.<ref name=pmid20566777>{{Cite journal | last1 = Liedenbaum | first1 = MH. | last2 = Denters | first2 = MJ. | last3 = de Vries | first3 = AH. | last4 = van Ravesteijn | first4 = VF. | last5 = Bipat | first5 = S. | last6 = Vos | first6 = FM. | last7 = Dekker | first7 = E. | last8 = Stoker | first8 = J. | title = Low-fiber diet in limited bowel preparation for CT colonography: Influence on image quality and patient acceptance. | journal = AJR Am J Roentgenol | volume = 195 | issue = 1 | pages = W31-7 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi = 10.2214/AJR.09.3572 | PMID = 20566777 }}</ref> | **People on a low-fibre diet seem to have less of 'em.<ref name=pmid20566777>{{Cite journal | last1 = Liedenbaum | first1 = MH. | last2 = Denters | first2 = MJ. | last3 = de Vries | first3 = AH. | last4 = van Ravesteijn | first4 = VF. | last5 = Bipat | first5 = S. | last6 = Vos | first6 = FM. | last7 = Dekker | first7 = E. | last8 = Stoker | first8 = J. | title = Low-fiber diet in limited bowel preparation for CT colonography: Influence on image quality and patient acceptance. | journal = AJR Am J Roentgenol | volume = 195 | issue = 1 | pages = W31-7 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi = 10.2214/AJR.09.3572 | PMID = 20566777 }}</ref> | ||
*Endoscopists go after anything that is polypoid and that may be nothing more than poo. | *Endoscopists go after anything that is polypoid and that may be nothing more than poo. | ||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
*Soft amorphous material. | *Soft amorphous material. | ||
*+/-Friable. | *+/-Friable. | ||
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*Colonic cast - membranous appearance; described as airbladder of fish-like.<ref name=pmid8199700>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yoshiji | first1 = H. | last2 = Nakae | first2 = D. | last3 = Sugiya | first3 = R. | last4 = Mizumoto | first4 = Y. | last5 = Tsutsumi | first5 = M. | last6 = Hiriguchi | first6 = K. | last7 = Yokose | first7 = Y. | last8 = Sakurai | first8 = R. | last9 = Fukui | first9 = H. | title = Spontaneous passage of a colon cast in the absence of abdominal aneurysm. | journal = J Gastroenterol | volume = 29 | issue = 1 | pages = 80-3 | month = Feb | year = 1994 | doi = | PMID = 8199700 }}</ref> | |||
**Arises in [[colonic ischemia]]<ref name=pmid25216411>{{Cite journal | last1 = Abe | first1 = S. | last2 = Yamaguchi | first2 = H. | last3 = Murono | first3 = K. | last4 = Kanazawa | first4 = T. | last5 = Ishihara | first5 = S. | last6 = Sunami | first6 = E. | last7 = Watanabe | first7 = T. | title = Passage of a sigmoid colon cast in a patient with ischemic colitis. | journal = Int Surg | volume = 99 | issue = 5 | pages = 500-5 | month = | year = | doi = 10.9738/INTSURG-D-14-00066.1 | PMID = 25216411 }}</ref> - typically post-AAA repair or after colorectal surgery.<ref name=pmid17564753>{{Cite journal | last1 = Erguney | first1 = S. | last2 = Yavuz | first2 = N. | last3 = Ersoy | first3 = YE. | last4 = Teksoz | first4 = S. | last5 = Selcuk | first5 = D. | last6 = Ogut | first6 = G. | last7 = Dogusoy | first7 = G. | last8 = Alver | first8 = O. | title = Passage of "colonic cast" after colorectal surgery: report of four cases and review of the literature. | journal = J Gastrointest Surg | volume = 11 | issue = 8 | pages = 1045-51 | month = Aug | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1007/s11605-007-0194-z | PMID = 17564753 }}</ref> | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||