Flat Carpet Like Polyp

Just had a colonoscopy.

Flat carpet like polyp.

Polyps are one of the most common conditions affecting the colon and rectum occurring in 15 20 percent of the adult population. Have you talked to a doctor about cancer. After the histological analysis polyps can generally be classified as being. Some have a short stalk or pedicle.

What are all your symptoms. About 13 percent of polyps are pedunculated hanging from the colon wall on a stalk like a cherry on a stem. Some polyps are flat or carpet like spreading over the mucosal surface of the bowel. Many polyps are easy to detect because they are shaped like a mushroom.

Others are flat flat polyp or carpet like sessile polyp. If it is cancer. The flat ones however are more deadly and can easily be missed during colonoscopy especially when the colon is not clean. I have a 25mm flat spreading carpet like polyp in the cecum.

Biopsy being done. Most polyps are benign. The growth and cancer potential of a colon polyp is best appreciated under a microscope histology after its removal. March 6 2008 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.

About 2 percent of precancerous lesions are flat. In terms of physical appearances most colon polyps are mushroom like having a stalk.