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Case Reports
. 2022 Jan 24;14(1):87.
doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2022-102086. eCollection 2023.

Bubbles in the colon

Jia Hao Law  1 , Gwyneth Shook Ting Soon  2 , Ker-Kan Tan  1
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Case Reports

Bubbles in the colon

Jia Hao Law et al. Frontline Gastroenterol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: colonic diseases; colonoscopy; gastrointesinal endoscopy; gastrointestinal pathology; gastrointestinal surgery.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Scattered cystic lesions with normal overlying mucosa in the right colon.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Large air-filled spaces seen within the submucosa. The air-filled spaces are lined variably by histiocytes. Some inflammation is present in the adjacent fibrous tissue
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