Successful laparoscopic resection for cap polyposis: case report, literature review

Surgical Case Reports

Table 1 Cases of cap polyposis treated by surgery from the previously published English literature

No.	Author	Age (years)	Gender	Initial symptoms	Preoperative treatment	Surgical procedure	Postoperative outcome
1	Ng et al. [2], 2004^a	20	M	Unknown	Unknown	Transanal resection	Recurred at 3 months
2	Ng et al. [2], 2004^a	15	M	Unknown	Unknown	Anterior resection	Resolved
3	Ng et al. [2], 2004^a	21	M	Unknown	Unknown	Low anterior resection	Resolved
4	Ng et al. [2], 2004^a	16	M	Unknown	Unknown	Perineal proctectomy	Recurred at 1 months
5	Ng et al. [2], 2004^a	18	M	Unknown	Complete polypectomy	Anterior resection	Resolved
6	Ng et al. [2], 2004^a	20	M	Unknown	Complete polypectomy	Anterior resection	Resolved
7	Akamatsu et al. [3], 2004	50	F	Mucous bloody stool	None	Sigmoidectomy	Recurred at 6 months
8	Konishi et al. [4], 2005	76	F	None	None	Sigmoidectomy	Worsen at anastomotic line
9	Gallegos et al. [5], 2011	56	M	Diarrhea, leg edema	Metronidazole	Left hemicolectomy	Recurred at 8 months
10	Kini et al. [6], 2012	19	M	Diarrhea, body weight loss	Steroids and anti- inflammatory agents^b	Proctocolectomy	Resolved
11	Mason et al. [7], 2013	42	M	Bowel obstruction	None	Left hemicolectomy	Recurred at 1 year
12	Aggarwal et al. [8], 2013	27	M	Anemia	Aminosalicylates and steroids^c	Low anterior resection	Resolved
13	Present case	70	F	Body weight loss, mucous diarrhea	None	Laparoscopic low anterior resection	Resolved