Metaplastic Ossification in a Juvenile Rectal Polyp: A Rare Histological Finding
908-910
Correspondence
Dr. Monika Garg,
Associate Professor, Department of pathology,
MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala,
Haryana-133207, India.
Phone: 9417378514
E-mail: monikakash7@yahoo.co.in
An osseous metaplasia is a phenomenon which has been described in a wide variety of tissue types with respect to both neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions. However, an osseous metaplasia is exceedingly rare in colonic polyps. We are herein representing a case of osseous metaplasia in a juvenile rectal polyp in a six year old boy, with review of the literature on the suggested mechanisms of its aetiology.