Flat Carpet Like Polyp

Most polyps are benign.

Flat carpet like polyp.

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. Many polyps are easy to detect because they are shaped like a mushroom. Just had a colonoscopy.

Some polyps are flat or carpet like spreading over the mucosal surface of the bowel. 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. I have a 25mm flat spreading carpet like polyp in the cecum. Others are flat flat polyp or carpet like sessile polyp.

Is it cureable. About 2 percent of precancerous lesions are flat. Flat lesions are challenging the precursor of colon cancer is called a polyp. What are all your symptoms.

Polyps are one of the most common conditions affecting the colon and rectum occurring in 15 20 percent of the adult population. Is colon cancer one of the one that can be cured if caught in time. If it is cancer. Biopsy being done.

In terms of physical appearances most colon polyps are mushroom like having a stalk. Have you talked to a doctor about cancer.