Reminder of important clinical lesson: Fibroepithelial polyp in an anal fistulous track: a sign of chronic pathology

doi:10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2169

BMJ Case Rep. 2010; 2010: bcr08.2009.2169.

Published online 2010 January 13. doi: 10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2169

PMCID: PMC3027388

Reminder of important clinical lesson

Fibroepithelial polyp in an anal fistulous track: a sign of chronic pathology

Iordanis N Papadopoulos¹ and Nikolaos Danias²

¹National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital, Fourth Surgery Department, 1 Rimini Street, Athens, 12462, Greece

²University General Hospital Attikon, Pathology Department, 1 Rimini Street, Athens, 12462, Greece

Iordanis N Papadopoulos, Email: ipapado/at/med.uoa.gr

This article has been corrected. See BMJ Case Rep. 2010 February 19; 2010: bcr0820092169corr1.

Abstract

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.

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