An unusual polyp at colonoscopy

A 54-year-old man presented to surgical outpatients with a 3-month history of rectal bleeding with no change in bowel habit or abdominal pain. He had a medical history of gastroenteritis. He had no family history of bowel cancer. Colonoscopy to the terminal ileum revealed a broad-based smooth polypoid mass in the transverse colon (figure 1). Palpation …