%0 Journal Article %T Melanosis Coli: A Case of Mistaken Identity¡ªA Case Report %A Chauniqua Kiffin %A Dafney L Davare %A Jennifer Moeller %A Jordan J Ditchek %A Rachele Solomon %J Archive of "The Permanente Journal". %D 2019 %R 10.7812/TPP/18-063 %X Melanosis coli is a condition in which the colon develops a brown to black discoloration. It is associated with chronic laxative use and frequently diagnosed incidentally during colonoscopy or histopathologic evaluation %K bowel ischemia %K chronic laxative use %K colon discoloration %K ischemic colon %K melanosis coli %K pathology %K pigmented macrophages %K senna laxative %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6326559/