A Case of Cap Polyposis Successfully Managed with Infliximab / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
;
: 180-184, 2005.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-175715
ABSTRACT
Cap polyposis is a rare disorder characterized by bloody, mucoid diarrhea with rectosigmoid polyps covered by a cap of fibrinopurulent exudate. The etiology and pathogenesis of cap polyposis is unknown, and no specific treatment has been established. Drug therapies are usually unsuccessful. Patients with a solitary cap polyp respond well to endoscopic polypectomy, while patients with multiple polyps and concurrent anorectal pathology require surgical resection. However, rapid recurrence has been described after a limited surgical resection, and this necessitates panproctocolectomy. We report a case of a 58-year-old female diagnosed as cap polyposis on rectum with similar clinical and endoscopic features of pseudomenbranous colitis successfully treated with infliximab (murine chimeric monoclonal antibody to TNF-alpha).
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pathology
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Polyps
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Rectum
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Recurrence
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Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
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Colitis
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Diarrhea
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Drug Therapy
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Exudates and Transudates
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Infliximab
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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