A Large Polypoid Vascular Ectasia Removed by Using a Polypectomy With a Detachable Snare in an Asymptomatic Patient
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چکیده
Vascular ectasia is a well-known cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in the elderly. Endoscopically, it usually appears as a flat or elevated bright red lesion. We report on an extremely rare case of a large, pedunculated, polypoid vascular ectasia in an asymptomatic patient. A large pedunculated polypoid mass in the sigmoid colon was observed on colonoscopy during a regular health check-up, and a polypectomy was performed using a detachable snare. In histology, vessels with massive dilation were found mainly in the submucosa, which was consistent with vascular ectasia.
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Successful endoscopic polypectomy for colonic vascular ectasia presenting as pedunculated polypoid lesion.
frequent cause of lower intestinal bleed− ing in the elderly. Recent advances in co− lonoscopy have discovered colonic vascu− lar ectasia with increasing frequency. Co− lonic vascular ectasia often presents as multiple reddish, slightly elevated, muco− sal lesions. It may be treated at colonos− copy with laser photocoagulation, heat probe, electrocoagulation, and argon plasma coagulation [1 ± 4...
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