Resumen

DE TORO C, Gonzalo; VILLASECA H, Miguel  y  ROA S, Juan Carlos. Colitis cystica profunda: Report of one case. Rev. méd. Chile [online]. 2007, vol.135, n.6, pp.759-763. ISSN 0034-9887.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872007000600010.

Colitis cystica profunda is a benign condition that can be confused with adenocarcinoma. We report a 35year-old woman that received radiotherapy for a uterine cervical carcinoma who presented intermittent hematochezia three times after ending the therapy. This episode was diagnosed and treated as a radiation colitis and the patient remained asymptomatic for six years. After this period she presented again intermittent hematochezia and a rectal mass that was surgically removed. The pathology report disclosed a colitis cystica profunda

Palabras clave : Colitis; Colitis cystica profunda; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

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