A case of colitis cystica profunda in a patient with diverticulosis
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A 67 year man presented with six-week persistent left lower quadrant pain. He is known to have hypertension, hyperlipidemia and prior removal of two diminutive polyps from the sigmoid colon six years before this presentation. One was tubular adenoma and the second was hyperplastic. He was also found to have sigmoid colon diverticulosis and internal hemorrhoids. Another colonoscopy was done as part of work up for iron deficiency anemia one year later revealed only diverticulosis and internal hemorrhoids.
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