A Case of Small Intestinal Adenoma Resected by Endoscopy

Abstract

A 72-year-old male with no complaint was accidentally pointed out elevated lesion in jejunum by barium meal. Small intestinal radiography showed two pedunculated polyps in about 3cm distant from the legament of Treitz. They were sized about 3cm in diameter. We could observe the lesions by ordinary endoscopy, and histopathological diagnosis of the biopsied specimen was tubular adenoma. Because there was a possibility of bleeding and intussusception in the future, the lesions were removed by endoscopic polypectomy without any complication. Histopathological study of the resected specimen revealed tubular adenoma with mild atypia. We reported this case because the intestinal adenoma which was resected endoscopically without any complication was extremely rare.