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The Old Endoscopy Quiz (and Answer) of the Month
March 2005

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Question:

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This middle aged lady came to a colonoscopy because of intermittent diarrhea and obstipation. This is the finding in her caecum. What are these small round red-brown lesions in the caecal mucosa especially seen around the appendix?

We are quite sure these lesions have a name, although we haven´t found any in the medical litterature, so Your answers, well, we wait for them with quite a lot of interest!

Answer:

    Caecum, a normal endoscopic finding.

    These small mucosal red-brown spots can be seen around the appendix aperture quite often, and we do not consider these as any pathological finding. They probably represent some follicular lymphoid hyperplasy. But what should we call these? Red ring sign? Peyer´s plaques? bunch of grapes caecum? Malakoplakia? If anyone knows for sure, please send an email!

Correct answers and comments were emailed by

    RASHEDHASSEN, FAKOUS, EGYPT
    Hurler, Ulrike, Heidenheim, Germany
    Ervin Toth, Malmoe, Sweden
    PARABOLI SILVA, Marcio Luiz, SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO-SP-, BRAZIL
    LUISGUILLERMOGUERRERO, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
    Uz.Dr.Ferhat Turkmen, Erzurum, Turkey
    Dr Munir Bishara,Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    jack chen, Miao-Li, Taiwan
    fabiano gradela leone, votuporanga, brasil / são paulo
    Della Ducata Salvatore, Gallipoli, Italy
    wang yongjun, Jinan, China
    Dr.Virendra Parikh, Fort Wayne, USA, Indiana

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