TY - JOUR
T1 - Lymphocytic colitis pattern of injury presenting as endoscopic polyps
T2 - a case series
AU - Fu, Zhiyan
AU - Aldyab, Mahmoud
AU - Arslan, Mustafa Erdem
AU - Boguniewicz, Ann
AU - Karamchandani, Dipti M.
AU - Lee, Hwajeong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Lymphocytic colitis (LC) is characterized by chronic watery diarrhea and unremarkable endoscopic findings. Only one case of LC presenting as multiple colonic polyps has been reported. We report a case series of histologic LC pattern of injury (LCPI), presenting as endoscopic polyps, and compare them with typical LC cases. Eighteen archived (2009–2019) polypoid LCPI cases without an associated cause of polyp, such as adenoma, hyperplastic change, or lymphoid aggregate, were retrieved from 17 (12 female and 5 male) patients. The clinical history and endoscopic findings were noted. A total of 40 conventional LC cases were used as controls. Fisher's exact test was performed to evaluate associations between two variables. The mean age of the patients was 61.1 years. The indication for colonoscopy was chronic watery diarrhea (56%), screening/surveillance (33%), and rectal bleeding (11%). The mean number and size of the polyps was 1.6 and 2.9 mm, respectively. Seventy-six percent were located in the left colon, and 48% were sessile. When biopsied (14/18; 78%), the background colonic mucosa showed LCPI. There was no significant difference in age, gender, and the average number of lymphocytes in the two groups. Hypertension and history of malignancy was more common in the polypoid LCPI group than in the control LC group (P < 0.05). LCPI may present as endoscopic polyps, frequently in patients with hypertension and history of malignancy. Polypoid LCPI may be a harbinger of LCPI in the background nonpolypoid colonic mucosa. A subset of polypoid LCPI (56%) cases represents true LC.
AB - Lymphocytic colitis (LC) is characterized by chronic watery diarrhea and unremarkable endoscopic findings. Only one case of LC presenting as multiple colonic polyps has been reported. We report a case series of histologic LC pattern of injury (LCPI), presenting as endoscopic polyps, and compare them with typical LC cases. Eighteen archived (2009–2019) polypoid LCPI cases without an associated cause of polyp, such as adenoma, hyperplastic change, or lymphoid aggregate, were retrieved from 17 (12 female and 5 male) patients. The clinical history and endoscopic findings were noted. A total of 40 conventional LC cases were used as controls. Fisher's exact test was performed to evaluate associations between two variables. The mean age of the patients was 61.1 years. The indication for colonoscopy was chronic watery diarrhea (56%), screening/surveillance (33%), and rectal bleeding (11%). The mean number and size of the polyps was 1.6 and 2.9 mm, respectively. Seventy-six percent were located in the left colon, and 48% were sessile. When biopsied (14/18; 78%), the background colonic mucosa showed LCPI. There was no significant difference in age, gender, and the average number of lymphocytes in the two groups. Hypertension and history of malignancy was more common in the polypoid LCPI group than in the control LC group (P < 0.05). LCPI may present as endoscopic polyps, frequently in patients with hypertension and history of malignancy. Polypoid LCPI may be a harbinger of LCPI in the background nonpolypoid colonic mucosa. A subset of polypoid LCPI (56%) cases represents true LC.
KW - Colitis
KW - Diarrhea
KW - Lymphocytic
KW - Microscopic
KW - Polyp
KW - Polypoid
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U2 - 10.1016/j.humpath.2020.04.008
DO - 10.1016/j.humpath.2020.04.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 32387106
AN - SCOPUS:85085641308
SN - 0046-8177
VL - 101
SP - 10
EP - 17
JO - Human Pathology
JF - Human Pathology
ER -