The aim of this case report is to underline some unusual features of a colonic juvenile polyp found in a young adult: lack of symptoms, site, sessile morphology and increase in size (> 50% in 2 years). The usefulness of the radiological survey to indicate endoscopic polypectomy is emphasized.
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