Video case: Multiple sessile gastric polyposis in ulcerative colitis patient

Document Type : Images in Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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General Medicine

Abstract

43 years old man presented with epigastric pain and bleeding per rectum. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (Video1) revealed multiple sessile gastric polyposis. Histopathological examination of one polyp revealed H. pylori related inflammation .  Colonoscopy        (Video2) detected ulcerations and hyperemic inflammations of the rectal and sigmoid mucosa. Histopathological examination of colonic and rectal biopsies revealed ulcerative colitis with mild activity .Finally the question is: Is there any relation between gastric and colonic lesions?

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