MORALES DIAZ, Mariuska et al. Giant polyposis of colon as a presentation form of the idiopathic ulcerative colitis. Case report. []. , 40, 5, pp. 1585-1600. ISSN 1684-1824.

The located giant polyposis is rare complication of idiopathic ulcerative colitis of short evolution. This lesion is a localized accumulation of polyps forming an intra luminal colon mass of neoplastic aspect that might simulate a colon cancer. It is usually found in young adults, and it is more common in developed countries with a higher and higher incidence. We presented a case of giant inflammatory polyps (PIG as acronym in Spanish) of sigmoid rectum that entered the hospital as a probably rectum tumour, the clinical manifestations of which were similar to others of any inflammatory disease. The patient developed an inflammatory mass on a, intestinal inflammatory disease of short time clinical evolution, with a good answer to the medicinal treatment.

: polyposis; intestinal inflammatory disease; cancer of colon.

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