Flat Carpet Like Polyp

Is colon cancer one of the one that can be cured if caught in time.

Flat carpet like polyp.

In terms of physical appearances most colon polyps are mushroom like having a stalk. Just had a colonoscopy. I have a 25mm flat spreading carpet like polyp in the cecum. If it is cancer.

Have you talked to a doctor about cancer. Flat lesions are challenging the precursor of colon cancer is called a polyp. About 13 percent of polyps are pedunculated hanging from the colon wall on a stalk like a cherry on a stem. 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.

Most polyps are benign. The growth and cancer potential of a colon polyp is best appreciated under a microscope histology after its removal. The flat ones however are more deadly and can easily be missed during colonoscopy especially when the colon is not clean. Biopsy being done.

Some have a short stalk or pedicle. Others are flat flat polyp or carpet like sessile polyp. What are all your symptoms. After the histological analysis polyps can generally be classified as being.

Is it cureable. Polyps are one of the most common conditions affecting the colon and rectum occurring in 15 20 percent of the adult population.