An Enlarged Appendix Owing to a Nonlifting Polyp

Question: A 62-year-old woman underwent colonoscopy because of abdominal pain and constipation. Her clinical medical history was unremarkable. Colonoscopy showed 2 polyps, one in the transverse colon that was resected and was an adenoma, and a second in the cecum that did not lift and could not be removed endoscopically and therefore was only biopsied (Figure A). Histopathology examination of the cecal lesion was villous adenoma with no high-grade dysplasia or cancer. An ileocecal resection was performed.

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