The growth and cancer potential of a colon polyp is best appreciated under a microscope histology after its removal.
Carpet like polyp.
Most polyps are benign.
If it is cancer.
They are best detected en face as nodular mucosal surface patterns in double contrast barium enema radiographs.
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Some polyps are flat or carpet like spreading over the mucosal surface of the bowel.
Carpet like lesions were first described by rubesin et al.
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Biopsy being done.
I have a 25mm flat spreading carpet like polyp in the cecum.
After the histological analysis polyps can generally be classified as being.
Is it cureable.
Some have a short stalk or pedicle.
They are usually missed or overlooked during colon cancer screening but flat lesions within the lining of the colon and rectum may be more likely to be cancerous than polyps new research shows.
In terms of physical appearances most colon polyps are mushroom like having a stalk.
Carpet lesions are flat lesions that spread along the surface of the colon but show little protrusion into the lumen.
In tubular adenomas crypts are aligned normally and look like tiny test tubes jammed into the colon lining.
These small clumps of tissue that show up where they re not supposed to can be anything from a minor nuisance to a possible sign of cancer.
They may involve the entire circumference of colonic segment with minimal or not protrusion into the lumen and may occur everywhere into the colon 7.
Others are flat flat polyp or carpet like sessile polyp.
With double contrast barium enema.
A polyp s crypts can look tubular or villous under the microscope.
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Polyps over 2cm in diameter present a higher risk of malignant degeneration 6.