Hyperplastic polyps after surgical management of Hirschsprung's disease in children treated with argon plasma coagulation: Case report

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

The argon plasma coagulation is a technique used for noncontact thermal coagulation of tissue. Hyperplastic polyps are the most common non-neoplastic polyps in the colon.

Case presentation

We presented a 3-year-old girl with a chief complaint of bloody stool and rectal tenesmus that began 5 days ago. She was previously being treated because of a history of chronic constipation. She underwent a one stage surgery for Hirschsprung's disease, after a full-thickness rectal wall biopsy was obtained and it consistent with Hirschsprung's disease. Three months after the surgery, the girl presented to our clinic with rectal blood loss and rectal tenesmus. Endoscopic examination of her colon demonstrated sessile and pedunculated polyps. The pedunculated p

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289502 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature