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Definition / general | Case reports | Clinical images | Gross description | Gross images | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Differential diagnosis | Additional referencesCite this page: Bandovic J. Inflammatory myoglandular polyp. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/colontumorinflammatorymyoglandular.html. Accessed February 7th, 2023.
Definition / general
- Mean age 53 years
- Distal colon; rarely in ileum where it may cause intussusception
- Associated with mucous diarrhea, tenesmus and hematochezia
Case reports
- 80 year old man with inflammatory myoglandular polyp (Turk J Gastroenterol 2004;15:117)
- With rectal bleeding (Pathol Res Pract 2003;199:837)
Gross description
- Solitary, pedunculated, red with smooth surface (Endoscopy 2003;35:363)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Inflammatory granulation tissue in lamina propria, branching and dilated glands arising within proliferating smooth muscle (resembling Peutz-Jegher polyp)
Differential diagnosis
- Inflammatory polyp (no abundant smooth muscle)
- Peutz-Jeghers polyp (no prominent inflammation)
Additional references