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Nasir Shaikh, MD; Mouied Alashari, MD
From the Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:1151-1152.

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A 16-YEAR-OLD girl was referred to a pediatric surgeon with complaints of bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain for the past 3 days. She developed cramping abdominal pain and initially watery diarrhea after having eaten at a fast-food restaurant 3 days prior to hospital admission. Physical examination revealed periumbilical epigastric tenderness. There was no history of fever or any other urinary tract symptoms. Computed tomographic scan revealed ileocolic intussusception with a mass in the cecum (Figure 1). She underwent limited right colectomy (Figure 2 and Figure 3).

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Diagnosis and Discussion: Juvenile Polyposis Coli

Figure 1. Computed tomographic scan of abdomen showing mass in the cecum with distended proximal bowel.

Figure 2. Gross photograph of the specimen showing multiple pedunculated polyps in the cecum and ascending colon.

Figure 3. Microscopic photograph of a polyp showing cystically dilated crypts filled . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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