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Multiple Colonic Polyposis in Hirschsprung's Disease
Author(s) -
Shan R.,
Vickers T. H.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1967.tb03994.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hirschsprung's disease , gastroenterology , disease , inflammation , pathology
Three cases of mucosal polyposis of the colon in Hirschsprung's disease are presented. It is suggested that continuing inflammation due to colonic dysfunction was responsible for the lesions. The possibility of neoplasia complicating this evidence of sustained increased cell multiplication is raised.