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Reminder of important clinical lesson
Fibroepithelial polyp in an anal fistulous track: a sign of chronic pathology
  1. Iordanis N Papadopoulos1,
  2. Nikolaos Danias2
  1. 1
    National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital, Fourth Surgery Department, 1 Rimini Street, Athens, 12462, Greece
  2. 2
    University General Hospital Attikon, Pathology Department, 1 Rimini Street, Athens, 12462, Greece
  1. Iordanis N Papadopoulos, ipapado{at}med.uoa.gr

Summary

Hypertrophied anal papillae and fibroepithelial polyps are benign acquired polypoid lesions of the anal canal. The development and protrusion of a fibroepithelial polyp in an anal fistulous track is described. This is a rare physical sign of chronic anal pathology.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2169

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    • Competing interests: None.

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