Clinicopathological characteristic analysis of three cases of colonic muco-submucosal elongated polyp

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Objective To explore the clinicopathological features,diagnosis and differential diagnosis of colonic muco-submucosal elongated polyp (CMSEP).Methods The clinical manifestations,endoscopic and histological features of three cases of CMSEP were analyzed.The literature was reviewed with regard to the diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis.Results Three patients were male,and aged 25,45 and 75 years old.Two polyps were at transverse colon and one at rectum.Under colonoscope,all three cases showed the long pedunculated polyps.The surfaces of two polyps were smooth and the colors were similar to colonic mucosa while one polyp appeared mucosal erosion and congestion on the top.Under optical microscope,three cases had similar lesions.The axis of the lesions was expanded submucosa and the surface was the layer of colonic mucosa.The expanded and thick walled blood vessels were seen paralleled to the long axis in the submucosa of the axis of lesions.One polyp with mucosal erosion on the top presented with adenocarcinomal changes.Conclusions CMSEP is a kind of specific polypoid lesion,with characteristic colonoscopic and pathological features.Most are benign changes,however malignant changes occur in a few cases.In histology,CMSEP should be identified with mucosal prolapse syndrome associated inflammatory polyp. Key words: Intestinal mucosa; Colonic polyps; Colonoscopy; Pathology, clinical; Dignosis,differential; Colonic muco-submucosal elongated polyp