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case_images: Colonoscopy findings showed a stenotic tumor in the ascending colon. The lesion was irregular and circumferential.
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case_images: Contrast enema showed a long irregular stenotic lesion of the ascending colon.
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case_images: Transverse (a) and coronal, (b) CT images of the abdomen. Circumferential and irregular thickening of ascending colon miming a malignancy.
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case_images: Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a long stenotic tumor of the ascending colon extended 8 cm of length reducing notably the colonic lumen and associated with an infiltration of the adjacent fat tissues (Figure 3).
case_images: Noncaseating epithelioid granuloma (arrows) and multinucleated giant cells in the colonic submucosa with overlying normal colonic mucosa (hematoxylin and eosin, x100).
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case_images: In microscopic exam, the submucosa showed follicular structure with central epitheloid, giant cells, and surrounding fibroblasts (Figure 4).