Disappearance of a sessile tubulovillous adenoma in the rectosigmoid colon during radiation therapy for cervical carcinoma

Israel, J.; Rubesin, S.E.; Parkman, H.P.

American Journal of Gastroenterology 86(10): 1542-1544

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270
PMID: 1928054
Document Number: 376013
Colonoscopic polypectomy is the usual treatment for an adenomatous colorectal polyp. We report a case of a sessile tubulovillous adenoma in the rectosigmoid colon disappearing during a course of radiation therapy for an unrelated cervical cancer. This case report illustrates that at least some colonic polyps are radiosensitive and can be eradicated during radiation therapy.

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