Many polyps are easy to detect because they are shaped like a mushroom.
Flat carpet like polyp.
Is it cureable.
In terms of physical appearances most colon polyps are mushroom like having a stalk.
Some have a short stalk or pedicle.
After the histological analysis polyps can generally be classified as being.
Just had a colonoscopy.
Biopsy being done.
Others are flat flat polyp or carpet like sessile polyp.
Most polyps are benign.
Some polyps are flat or carpet like spreading over the mucosal surface of the bowel.
About 2 percent of precancerous lesions are flat.
Have you talked to a doctor about cancer.
I have a 25mm flat spreading carpet like polyp in the cecum.
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.
The flat ones however are more deadly and can easily be missed during colonoscopy especially when the colon is not clean.
Is colon cancer one of the one that can be cured if caught in time.
Flat lesions are challenging the precursor of colon cancer is called a polyp.
Polyps are one of the most common conditions affecting the colon and rectum occurring in 15 20 percent of the adult population.
What are all your symptoms.