Colonic tubular adenomas and intestinal spirochaetosis: an incompatible association

Two cases of tubulovillous adenoma and adjacent colonic mucosa were studied in which intestinal spirochaetosis had heavily colonized the non-neoplastic but not the neoplastic epithelium. Ultrastructural and histochemical studies were performed and we postulate that the reason for this disparity is t...

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Published inHistopathology Vol. 27; no. 4; p. 377
Main Authors Coyne, J D, Curry, A, Purnell, P, Haboubi, N Y
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.10.1995
Subjects
Adenoma - microbiology
Adenoma - pathology
Adenoma - ultrastructure
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Colonic Diseases - microbiology
Colonic Diseases - pathology
Colonic Neoplasms - microbiology
Colonic Neoplasms - pathology
Colonic Neoplasms - ultrastructure
Humans
Male
Spirochaetales Infections - pathology
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Summary:Two cases of tubulovillous adenoma and adjacent colonic mucosa were studied in which intestinal spirochaetosis had heavily colonized the non-neoplastic but not the neoplastic epithelium. Ultrastructural and histochemical studies were performed and we postulate that the reason for this disparity is the normal microvillous pattern of the non-neoplastic epithelium which facilitates colonization by the spirochaetes.
ISSN:0309-0167
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2559.1995.tb01530.x