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Huge Mass Of The Descending Colon (2 of 25)
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in developed countries. Increasing numbers of early stage colorectal cancers and precancerous adenomatous lesions, polypoidal type lesions, and flat...
Huge Mass Of The Descending Colon (1 of 25)
A 36 year-old female who presented a history of an interminent rectal bleeding from low to moderate. A complete colonoscopy is practiced finding an enormous mass in which reveal the first biopsies...
Argon Plasma Coagulation
The image and the video clip display a diminutive polyp that was removed with coagulation, using argon plasma coagulator (APC). Small sessile polyps are resected, using several different techniques,...
Pediculated Polyp of the descendent colon
Causes of adenomatous polyps: Genetic factors: From the NPS data, relatives of patients with polyps have an increased risk of carcinoma. This includes siblings of patients with adenomas detected prior...
Endoscopic Appearance of Pedicled Polyp of the...
Large pedunculated polyps (> 2-3 cm) are often easily removed with standard snare cautery techniques. The difficulty most commonly encountered is when a large polyp has a particularly long stalk, and...
Endoscopic Appearance of Pedicled Polyp of the...
The practice of removing polyps at colonoscopy is based on the assumption that their removal prevents progression to cancer. This concept, often called the adenoma-carcinoma sequence.
Endoscopic Appearance of Pedicled Polyp of the...
Endoscopic snare excision of large pediculated polyp. Most pedunculated polyps are removed by transection of the stalk with a polypectomy snare. The major risk with this approach is postpolypectomy...
Endoscopic Appearance of Pedicled Polyp of the...
Endoscopic Image of Tubular Adenoma on a Long Stalk. Adenomatous polyps are precursors of most colorectal cancers, and their prevalence increases with age. The chance of detecting adenomatous polyps...
Endoscopic Appearance of Pedicled Polyp of the...
Endoscopic Appearance of Tubular Adenoma on a Long Stalk.
Endoscopic Appearance of Pedicled Polyp of the...
This is the case of a 54 year-old male with rectal bleeding.
Colonic Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn's Disease...
A close-up image. For more endoscopic details download the video clips by clicking on the images. The importance of considering tuberculosis in patients presenting with Crohn's disease. In this...
Colonic Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn's Disease...
Seen after staining with methylene blue. Tuberculosis.--M tuberculosis is the most common cause of serious HIV-related infection worldwide, although it is less common in the United States than in...
Colonic Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn's Disease...
The colonoscope could not be introduced beyond the lesion. Colonoscopy revealed a tumorous lesion in the ascending colon near the caecum The lymph nodes, peritoneum, and gastrointestinal tract are...
Colonic Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn's Disease...
A tumorlike Appearance. Colonoscopic image shows that colonoscope was unable to pass stenotic segment. Severe narrowness in the ascending colon. Involving the distal colon, with severe inflammation,...