Appendiceal Polyp: A report of two cases.
- Author:
Ki Hwa YANG
;
Jung Min LEE
;
Mi Sook LEE
;
Sang Ho PARK
;
Young Gun YOON
;
Choong Gu KANG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Vermiform appendix;
Hyperplastic polyp
- MeSH:
Male;
Humans
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1996;30(11):1045-1049
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Varying types of polyps could occur in the vermiform appendix. However, it is very unusual. Collins found 57 cases (0.08%) of benign mucosal polyps in the 71,000 cases of appendectomy specimens. There has been no reported case of appendiceal polyp in the literature in Korea. The authors experienced two cases of polyp in the vermiform appendix. The first case was a 51 year-old male patient who received a left hemicolectomy due to colonic polyposis. The second case was a 71 year-old male patient who was treated by appendectomy under the clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The microscopic type of both cases were hyperplastic polyp.
