Look, but don ’t touch: what not to do in managing large colorectal polyps

During a surveillance colonoscopy, a healthy 76-year-old woman is found to have a 30  × 15 mm “flat carpet lesion” in the ascending colon. The endoscopist determines that the polyp is too large to resect. He takes a biopsy specimen from the lesion, tattoos it, and refers the patient to a colorectal surgeon. Histopathologic analysis demonstrates tubular adenoma without high-gr ade dysplasia.
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research