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Cystoscopic findings before transurethral resection.. An image of the patient's bladder. A 5-mm pedunculated polyp was found on the front side of the colon cap. There were no abnormalities in other areas of the bladder, including in the anastomosis between the colon cap and the native bladder (arrows).
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However, a 5-mm pedunculated polyp was found on the front side of the sigmoid colon cap, and hence we performed a biopsy (Fig. 1).
Histopathological analysis of the tumor on biopsy.. Hematoxylin and eosin staining of the tumor specimen (x 40). The tumor was contained within the glandular component. No malignant changes were detected. The diagnosis was tubular adenoma.
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On histopathology, the polyp was identified as tubular adenoma (Fig. 2).
Cystoscopic findings at the site of transurethral resection.. Image of the site of resection after snare polypectomy together with electrocoagulation. No perforations or bleeding was detected.
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Therefore, we performed snare polypectomy together with electrocoagulation under cystoscopy (Fig. 3).
Histopathological analysis of the tumor on transurethral resection.. A high magnification image of the tumor (x 400) showing the presence of glandular epithelium. No malignant changes were detected.
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His final diagnosis was tubular adenoma (mild atypia) and no malignancy was found on histopathology (Fig. 4a,b).