1 Nov 2004Case Report
ACUTE APPENDICITIS ASSOCIATED TO “SERRATED” ADENOMA: A CASE REPORT
C. Casella 1V. Villanacci 2A. Ubiali 2
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Chirurgia Generale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; I Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Spedali Civili di Brescia
2 Il Servizio di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2004, 75(6), 691-695;
Published: 1 Nov 2004
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Abstract
The authors describe a case of acute appendicitis associated to the histological finding of a “serrated” adenoma (SA). SA is a colorectal pre-cancerous lesion which presents the morphological and architectural characteristics of hyperplasic polyps, combined with aspects of adenomatous dysplasia. SA can eventually evolve into a malignant cancer, similarly to classic adenomatous polyps. Clinical and pathological aspects of this lesion are hereby analysed, with respect to recent Literature data.
Keywords
- Acute appendicitis
- serrated adenoma
- colonrectum