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Background and study aims Prophylactic extended colectomy may be indicated because most surgically untreated patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) develop colorectal cancer (CRC) in their lifetime. However, some patients refuse to undergo surgery to avoid degradation of their quality of life. We report that FAP is controllable with laparoscopic partial resection and postoperative polypectomy even when complicated by advanced CRC. We also discuss the utility of cold snare polypectomy for resection of polyps.
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In October 2007, a woman in her early 30s presented, complaining of worm discharge in her stool. We identified it as Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense, and identified it by virtual enterography and virtual enteroscopy. It was treated by 1500 mg/day praziquantel orally. We think these methods, of pathology as well as capsule enteroscopy and enteroscopy, are useful for the searching of the small intestinal lesions. We hope these examinations will become more widespread with reference to these cases.
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Colonography, Computed Tomographic/methods , Diphyllobothriasis/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Female , HumansABSTRACT
A case was 23 years old woman. She came to our hospital with complain of continuing fever after common cold and mass like an egg was touched in right lower abdomen. No other surface lymph node was swelling. Abdominal US, CT and MRI showed that the mass was existed in the front of the psoas muscle and the maximum diameter of it was 6 cm in which necrotizing lesion was recognized. The size of the lymph node became smaller slowly but we could not perfectly exclude malignant disease, we examined needle biopsy for the diagnosis. The histopathological findings showed the histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (HNL). HNL usually appears in the neck area, but in this case it was detected only in the abdomen. This case was very rare and we reported.
