Juvenile polyps with osseous metaplasia treated by endoscopic mucosal resection. 2023

Emanuel Dias, and João Santos-Antunes, and Margarida Marques, and Elsa Fonseca, and Joanne Lopes, and Guilherme Macedo
Gastrenterology , Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal.

A 17-year-old male with no previous medical history presented with a 1-year history of rectal bleeding, mucus discharge and occasional rectal prolapse. Colonoscopy revealed several polypoidal growth masses in the distal rectum, formed by multiple sessile polyps with a glistening mucus-covered surface and fleshy, friable appearance, that coalesced forming large conglomerates. Given their complexity and large size, piecemeal endoscopic mucosal resection of the rectal lesions was performed and histopathological examination revealed ulcerated polypoid mucosa with mixed inflammatory cell infiltrate in the lamina propria and dilated cystic mucus-filled glands. Remarkably, bony trabeculae surrounded by osteoblastic cells were also seen. These findings were consistent with juvenile polyps with foci of osseous metaplasia. Osseous metaplasia has been described in a wide variety of tissue types, such as prostate, uterus, breasts, lungs and urinary tract, with respect to both neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions. However, it is exceedingly rare in colonic polyps and, to the best of our knowledge, only 9 cases have been described in juvenile polyps.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007417 Intestinal Polyps Discrete abnormal tissue masses that protrude into the lumen of the INTESTINE. A polyp is attached to the intestinal wall either by a stalk, pedunculus, or by a broad base. Intestinal Polyp,Polyp, Intestinal,Polyps, Intestinal
D008297 Male Males
D008679 Metaplasia A condition in which there is a change of one adult cell type to another similar adult cell type.
D011127 Polyps Discrete abnormal tissue masses that protrude into the lumen of the DIGESTIVE TRACT or the RESPIRATORY TRACT. Polyps can be spheroidal, hemispheroidal, or irregular mound-shaped structures attached to the MUCOUS MEMBRANE of the lumen wall either by a stalk, pedunculus, or by a broad base. Polyp
D012007 Rectum The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL. Rectums
D002114 Calcinosis Pathologic deposition of calcium salts in tissues. Calcification, Pathologic,Calcinosis, Tumoral,Microcalcification,Microcalcinosis,Pathologic Calcification,Calcinoses,Calcinoses, Tumoral,Microcalcifications,Microcalcinoses,Tumoral Calcinoses,Tumoral Calcinosis
D002828 Choristoma A mass of histologically normal tissue present in an abnormal location. Aberrant Tissue,Ectopic Tissue,Heterotopic Tissue,Aberrant Tissues,Choristomas,Ectopic Tissues,Heterotopic Tissues,Tissue, Aberrant,Tissue, Ectopic,Tissue, Heterotopic,Tissues, Aberrant,Tissues, Ectopic,Tissues, Heterotopic
D003111 Colonic Polyps Discrete tissue masses that protrude into the lumen of the COLON. These POLYPS are connected to the wall of the colon either by a stalk, pedunculus, or by a broad base. Colonic Polyp,Polyp, Colonic,Polyps, Colonic
D003113 Colonoscopy Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the colon. Colonoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Colonoscopic,Colonoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Colonoscopic,Colonoscopic Surgeries,Colonoscopic Surgical Procedure,Colonoscopies,Procedure, Colonoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Colonoscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Colonoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Colonoscopic
D005260 Female Females

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