Colitis cystica profunda associated with diverticulosis and calcification mimicking colorectal carcinoma: a case report and a brief literature review| Pathologica - Journal of the Italian Society of Anatomic Pathology and Diagnostic Cytopathology
Vol. 116: Issue 4 - August 2024
DOI: 10.32074/1591-951X-969
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Colitis cystica profunda associated with diverticulosis and calcification mimicking colorectal carcinoma: a case report and a brief literature review

Pathology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy; Residency Program in Anatomic Pathology, Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies G.F. Ingrassia, Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Pathology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
Surgical Oncology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
Surgical Oncology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
Pathology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
Pathology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
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Abstract

Colitis cystica profunda (CCP) is a rare, uncommon and nonneoplastic condition that can occur anywhere in gastrointestinal tract, but its main occurrence is in the rectum and sigmoid colon. It is characterized by the presence of mucin filled cysts, lined by benign epithelium, beneath the muscularis mucosae, usually confined to the submucosa, and it can clinically and radiologically mimic a neoplasm. Here we report a rare case of CCP in a patient with a 2-months history of abdominal pain and severe anemia, associated with diverticulosis. The knowledge of this entity and its differential diagnosis, in particular with the intestinal mucinous adenocarcinoma, is necessary, as it can be a clinically and histological mimic of a malignant neoplasm.

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Giovanni Nunzio Rosano

Pathology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy; Residency Program in Anatomic Pathology, Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies G.F. Ingrassia, Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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$authorString->getFullName() => Eleonora Aiello

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Eleonora Aiello

Pathology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
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$authorString->getFullName() => Samaneh Kherad Pisheh

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Samaneh Kherad Pisheh

Surgical Oncology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
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$authorString->getFullName() => Enrica Deiana

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Enrica Deiana

Surgical Oncology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
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$authorString->getFullName() => Lorenzo Memeo

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Lorenzo Memeo

Pathology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
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$authorString->getFullName() => Cristina Colarossi

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Cristina Colarossi

Pathology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy
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© Società Italiana di Anatomia Patologica e Citopatologia Diagnostica, Divisione Italiana della International Academy of Pathology , 2024

How to Cite

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Rosano, G.N., Aiello, E., Pisheh, S.K., Deiana, E., Memeo, L. and Colarossi, C. 2024. Colitis cystica profunda associated with diverticulosis and calcification mimicking colorectal carcinoma: a case report and a brief literature review. Pathologica - Journal of the Italian Society of Anatomic Pathology and Diagnostic Cytopathology. 116, 4 (Sep. 2024), 249-253. DOI:https://doi.org/10.32074/1591-951X-969.
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