Filiform polyposis in the sigmoid colon: A case series

Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of filiform polyposis in the sigmoid colon

	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5	Case 6	Case 7
Age (yr)	38	64	37	67	77	81	63
Sex	M	M	M	M	M	F	F
Location	Sigmoid colon	Sigmoid colon	Sigmoid colon	Sigmoid colon	Sigmoid colon	Sigmoid colon	Sigmoid colon
Tuberculosis history	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
IBD	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Chest PA	None	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Pinch biopsy pathologic findings	Inflammatory	Inflammatory	Hyperplastic	Inflammatory	Inflammatory	Inflammatory	Inflammatory
	Hyperplastic	Hyperplastic
		Tubular adenoma		Hyperplastic	Hyperplastic	Hyperplastic	Hyperplastic
Polypectomy pathologic findings	Filiform	Filiform	Filiform	Filiform	Filiform	Filiform	Filiform
		Hyperplastic
	Hyperplastic	Villotubular adenoma	Hyperplastic	Hyperplastic	Hyperplastic	Hyperplastic	Villous adenoma
Diarrhea	Yes	None	Yes	None	None	Yes	Yes
Hematochezia	Yes	None	None	None	None	None	Yes
Abdominal pain	Yes	None	Yes	None	None	Yes	Yes
Weight loss	None	None	None	None	None	Yes	Yes
Follow-up period (mo)	44	43	46	46	34	38	36

IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.