Open AccessA case of periostomy intestinal metaplasia without adenomatous or dysplastic changes in an ulcerative colitis patient
Author(s) -
Udechukwu Nneka S.,
Selim Maria A.,
Nicholas Matilda W.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2678
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , metaplasia , malignant transformation , complication , gastroenterology , transformation (genetics) , general surgery , pathology , disease , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
We strive to educate medical providers of the possibility of cellular transformation occurring as a parastomal complication and to emphasize the importance of close monitoring, as there is a risk, although low, of subsequent malignant transformation.