Colon (tumor & nontumor)
Polyps
Diverticular polyp
Author: Shilpa Jain, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 August 2011
Minor changes: 30 July 2020
Copyright: 2003-2016, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Diverticular [title] polyp colon
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Clinical features | Treatment | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Additional referencesCite this page: Jain S. Diverticular polyp. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/colontumordiverticularpolyp.html. Accessed August 3rd, 2020.
Clinical features
- Arises in background of diverticular disease
- Usually in sigmoid colon
- Part of the "mucosal prolapse" syndrome (Am J Gastroenterol 2002;97:370)
Treatment
- High fiber diet is usually effective (Endoscopy 1986;18:84)
Gross description
- Redundant or polypoid mucosal folds, ranges from 0.5 to 3cm
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Mucosal hemorrhage and congestion, hemosiderin deposition and epithelial hyperplasia with dilated and serrated crypts and bizarre nuclei in stroma, mucosal edema and fibromuscular replacement of lamina propria with thickened and splayed muscularis mucosa
- No dysplastic changes
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