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Multiple Filling Defects in the Colon
MAJ John E. Madewell, MC;
COL Maurice M. Reeder, MC
JAMA. 1975;232(2):172-173.
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Common
- [Diverticula]
- Familial polyposis
- Polyps, adenomatous
- Pseudopolyps of ulcerative colitis, granulomatous colitis, amebiasis
- Stool; foreign bodies; air bubbles; food particles; mucus
Uncommon
- Amebomas
- Amyloidosis
- Carcinomas, multiple
- Colitis cystica profunda
- Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
- Gardner syndrome
- Lipomatous polyposis
- Lymphoid hyperplasia
- Lymphoma
- Metastases
- Mucoviscidosis
- Neurofibromatosis; ganglioneurofibromatosis
- Parasites, intraluminal (ascariasis, trichuriasis)
- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (hamartomatous polyps)
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis
- Polyposis, juvenile
- Schistosomiasis
- Turcot syndrome (Entity in brackets may be confused roentgenographically with multiple filling defects in the colon.)
Diagnosis
Familial polyposis of the colon.
Comment
A 22-year-old man was first seen with anemia and failure to gain weight. No gastrointestinal or pulmonary symptoms were present. There was a strong family history of carcinoma of the colon. Physical examination was unremarkable. An upper gastrointestinal series, bone survey, and chest roentgenograms were normal.
A barium enema (Fig 1) demonstrated
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Author Affiliations
USA; USA
From the Division of Diagnostic Radiologic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (MAJ Madewell), and the Department of Radiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (COL Reeder), Washington, DC.
Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Radiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20012 (COL Reeder).
Edited by Z. Danilevicius, MD, Senior Editor.
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