A CASE OF INFLAMMATORY FIBROID POLYP OF THE COLON TREATED BY ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY

Abstract

A 70-year-old male complaining of fever and diarrhea was admitted to our hospital. Colonoscopic examination showed a pedunculated polyp in the ascending colon close to the hepatic flexure, and endoscopic polypectomy was performed. The polyp had smooth white surface and was 6×5mm in diameter. Histologicaly, the polyp was an inflammatory fibroid polyp showing proliferation of f ibroblasts and infiltration of inflammatory cells such as plasma cells and eosinophils. Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the colon is very rare, and so far 7 cases have been reported in Japanese literature.