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

  1. 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.

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