Ileocecal valve
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The ileocecal valve is the divider between the small bowel and cecum. It is seen by pathologist in some subtotal colectomies (e.g. right hemicoloectomies) and occasionally biopsied.
Lipomatous ileocecal valve
- AKA Lipomatosis of the ileocecal valve
General
Odze says:[1]
- The lesion should involve the valve circumferentially; partial involvement is "lipoma of ileocecal valve".
Microscopic
- See [lipoma]].
References
- ↑ Odze, Robert D.; Goldblum, John R. (2009). Surgical pathology of the GI tract, liver, biliary tract and pancreas (2nd ed.). Saunders. pp. 527. ISBN 978-1416040590.