Benign signet ring cells in pseudomembranous colitis: A diagnostic trap.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2013 Oct-Dec 56 (4): 413-415
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| ID: sea-155929
ABSTRACT
A 71-year-old female patient was admitted with intractable diarrhea and abdominal distention following several courses of broad spectrum antibiotic therapy. Colonic biopsy revealed pseudomembranous colitis with foci of signet ring cell (SRC) change. The SRCs possessed bland nuclei and were confi ned to the basement membranes of the crypts with no infi ltration into the lamina propria. Benign SRCs in pseudomembranous colitis is an uncommon phenomenon. Awareness of this rare, but potential pitfall is of utmost importance to avoid a misdiagnosis of SRC carcinoma.
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Diagnostic study
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English
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Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2013
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