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KMID : 0359019900100010085
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Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1990 Volume.10 No. 1 p.85 ~ p.88
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A Case of Melanosis Coli
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이상주/Lee SJ
한광협/이상인/박인서/최흥재/주희재/박찬일/Han KH/Lee SI/Park IS/Choi HJ/Joo HJ/Park CI
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Abstract
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Melanosis coli is the brownish pigmentation of the colon associted with the ingestion of anthraquinone compounds as iaxatives. The brownish discoloration of the colon mucosa is due to accumulation of macrophage containing lipofuscin pigment in the lamina propria. This is the one of the complications of laxative abuse, but the pigments disappear by withdrawing the anthraquinone. We report a case of malanosis coli histologically confirmed by fibersigmoidoscopic biopsy in a 70-year-old female patient consuming anthraquinone compound for twelve months with a review of the literature.
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