Bone metaplasia in adenomatous intestinal polyp. Report of a case and review of the literature

Cavazza, A.; Sassatelli, R.; De Marco, L.

Pathologica 88(6): 511-513

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0031-2983
PMID: 9206779
Document Number: 456815
We report a case of metaplastic ossification occurring within a tubulovillous adenoma of the large bowel. To our knowledge, only two cases of this process have been previously described. The pathogenesis is unclear, but the phenomenon seems to be a morphologic curiosity with no clinical significance.

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