Flat Carpet Like Polyp

In terms of physical appearances most colon polyps are mushroom like having a stalk.

Flat carpet like polyp. Some polyps are flat or carpet like spreading over the mucosal surface of the bowel. About 13 percent of polyps are pedunculated hanging from the colon wall on a stalk like a cherry on a stem. 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.

Some have a short stalk or pedicle. What are all your symptoms. Have you talked to a doctor about cancer. Is colon cancer one of the one that can be cured if caught in time.

Most polyps are benign. Polyps are one of the most common conditions affecting the colon and rectum occurring in 15 20 percent of the adult population. Biopsy being done. The flat ones however are more deadly and can easily be missed during colonoscopy especially when the colon is not clean.

Is it cureable. Others are flat flat polyp or carpet like sessile polyp. Flat lesions are challenging the precursor of colon cancer is called a polyp. If it is cancer.

I have a 25mm flat spreading carpet like polyp in the cecum. About 2 percent of precancerous lesions are flat.