Common
[Diverticula]
Familial polyposis
Polyps, adenomatous
Pseudopolyps of ulcerative colitis, granulomatous colitis, amebiasis
Stool; foreign bodies; air bubbles; food particles; mucus
Uncommon
Amebomas
Amyloidosis
Carcinomas, multiple
Colitis cystica profunda
Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
Gardner syndrome
Lipomatous polyposis
Lymphoid hyperplasia
Lymphoma
Metastases
Mucoviscidosis
Neurofibromatosis; ganglioneurofibromatosis
Parasites, intraluminal (ascariasis, trichuriasis)
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (hamartomatous polyps)
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis
Polyposis, juvenile
Schistosomiasis
Turcot syndrome (Entity in brackets may be confused roentgenographically with multiple filling defects in the colon.)
Diagnosis
Familial polyposis of the colon.
Comment
A 22-year-old man was first seen with anemia and failure to gain weight. No gastrointestinal or pulmonary symptoms were present. There was a strong family history of carcinoma of the colon. Physical examination was unremarkable. An upper gastrointestinal series, bone survey, and chest roentgenograms were normal.A barium enema (Fig 1) demonstrated