Word: pseudopolyp
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...then our way of dealing with that is to recommend examination of the entire colon for polyps." The President's doctors stood fast, explaining that they had decided against a scan of the entire bowel after the discovery of the first polyp because it was in fact merely a "pseudopolyp," more an inflammation than an actual growth. In following the course they did, insisted Dr. Edward Cattau, chief of gastroenterology at the naval hospital, the doctors were adhering to the screening guidelines established by the American Cancer Society...
...headed the team that operated on the President, admitted that he now wished a colonoscopy had been performed in 1984, after the first intestinal growth was discovered. But he defended the decision not to carry out the procedure at that time. What was discovered, he said, was a pseudopolyp that was clearly not malignant nor likely to become so. He insisted that no other signs suggested the presence of cancer...
...problem, apparently minor, blemished the perfect report. The doctors found, as they did last year, a noncancerous "inflammatory pseudopolyp" in the President's intestine. This condition may be related to Reagan's diverticulitis, a disorder common to older people that causes pouches to develop in the intestinal walls. This may also be responsible for the blood found in two stool samples. On the advice of his doctors, the President has gone on a high-fiber diet before further tests. Because red meat can cause a positive test for blood in the stool, Reagan will temporarily be eating fewer...
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