Service of Gastroenterology, Hospital Costa de Sol, Marbella, Malaga, Spain.
Diagn Pathol. 2008 Apr 29;3:20. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-20.
This short report discusses a case of solitary colonic polypoid ganglioneuroma associated with melanosis coli in a woman with no systemic manifestations. To our knowledge this is the first ganglioneuroma reported in the literature in association with melanosis coli. The nature and significance of this event remains unclear, although this may be coincidental due to the laxative intake. Further investigation is necessary to clarify this point. The interest of this case lies moreover in the rarity of this entity and its endoscopic and histologic resemblance to sessile polyps frequent in the clinical practice.
本短篇报告讨论了一例无系统表现的女性患者伴结肠黑变病的单发结肠息肉样神经节细胞瘤。据我们所知，这是文献中首次报道的与结肠黑变病相关的神经节细胞瘤。尽管由于摄入泻药，这可能是偶然的，但该事件的性质和意义尚不清楚。需要进一步的研究来阐明这一点。此外，该病例的意义在于这种实体的罕见性及其在内镜和组织学上与临床实践中常见的无蒂息肉相似。
