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. 2019 May 14;6(5):e00083.
doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000083. eCollection 2019 May.

Cloacogenic Polyps

Pedro Marcos  1 , Liliana Eliseu  1 , Maria Fernanda Cunha  2 , Helena Vasconcelos  1
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Cloacogenic Polyps

Pedro Marcos et al. ACG Case Rep J. .
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Endoscopic appearance of cloacogenic polyps on rectal retroflexion.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Histologic appearance of cloacogenic polyps. (A) The surface of the hyperplastic polyp is eroded and covered by a mucofibrinous cap. (B) Glandular hyperplasia, goblet cell dilation, and part of lamina propria has been replaced by an overgrowth of fibromuscular tissue.
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