Cite this page: Jain S. Atheroemboli associated polyps of colon. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/colontumoratheroemboli.html. Accessed April 22nd, 2019.
Definition / general
- May be associated with rectal bleeding (Am J Surg Pathol 1991;15:1078)
Case reports
- 68 year old man with diabetes and 2 year history of bloody diarrhea (Am J Surg Pathol 1993;17:1054)
- Polypoid mass without clinical evidence of ischemia (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1994;118:308)
- Cholesterol emboli in polyp (J Clin Gastroenterol 1994;19:231)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Edematous submucosa with superficial ulceration and atheroemboli in arterioles of submucosal polyps which may contain cholesterol clefts
