Grillo Federica, Campora Michela, Cornara Laura, Cascini Alberta, Pigozzi Simona, Migliora Paola, Sarocchi Francesca, Mastracci Luca
Pathology Unit, Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Apr 14;8:655113. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.655113. eCollection 2021.
Seeds may be found in gastrointestinal tissue samples, and their multifaceted appearance may be challenging. The aim is to report a rough incidence of pathology samples which show seeds, specify the most frequent sample types and show an iconography of the most commonly identified seeds. Between 2017 and 2020, all gastrointestinal pathology cases in which seeds/seed parts were found, were collected and seed type described by referencing a seed image library. Fifty cases with complete seeds/seed parts were collected: 16 colonic resections for colorectal cancer and diverticulosis, 13 appendiceal resections for appendicitis, 1 gastric resection. Fifteen cases were found in polypectomy specimens and 5 cases in colorectal endoscopic biopsies. Most frequent seed types were tomato, kiwi, blueberry, and blackberry seeds. Seeds may be found in up to 4% of specimens; their recognition may be useful to exclude parasitic infections as well as in forensic sciences.
在胃肠道组织样本中可能会发现种子，其多样的外观可能具有挑战性。目的是报告显示有种子的病理样本的大致发生率，明确最常见的样本类型，并展示最常识别出的种子的图像。在2017年至2020年期间，收集了所有发现种子/种子部分的胃肠道病理病例，并通过参考种子图像库描述种子类型。收集了50例带有完整种子/种子部分的病例：16例因结直肠癌和憩室病进行的结肠切除术，13例因阑尾炎进行的阑尾切除术，1例胃切除术。15例在息肉切除标本中发现，5例在结直肠内镜活检中发现。最常见的种子类型是番茄、猕猴桃、蓝莓和黑莓种子。种子在高达4%的标本中可能被发现；它们的识别对于排除寄生虫感染以及在法医学中可能是有用的。
