Difference between revisions of "Gastrointestinal tract polyps"
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*Others comment on what they see and then disclaim based on limitations with something like "... margin clear in plane of section." | *Others comment on what they see and then disclaim based on limitations with something like "... margin clear in plane of section." | ||
The ''Haggitt classification'' is | ===Haggitt classification=== | ||
Surgeons may ask about it 'cause a guy (who probably didn't do a lot of pathology) put it in a widely read surgery textbook. | The ''Haggitt classification'' is a [[staging]] scheme. Surgeons may ask about it 'cause a guy (who probably didn't do a lot of pathology) put it in a widely read surgery textbook. | ||
In short:<ref>URL: [http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Haggitt_classification http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Haggitt_classification]. Accessed on: 19 March 2011.</ref><ref name=pmid4007423>{{Cite journal | last1 = Haggitt | first1 = RC. | last2 = Glotzbach | first2 = RE. | last3 = Soffer | first3 = EE. | last4 = Wruble | first4 = LD. | title = Prognostic factors in colorectal carcinomas arising in adenomas: implications for lesions removed by endoscopic polypectomy. | journal = Gastroenterology | volume = 89 | issue = 2 | pages = 328-36 | month = Aug | year = 1985 | doi = | PMID = 4007423 }}</ref> | In short:<ref>URL: [http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Haggitt_classification http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Haggitt_classification]. Accessed on: 19 March 2011.</ref><ref name=pmid4007423>{{Cite journal | last1 = Haggitt | first1 = RC. | last2 = Glotzbach | first2 = RE. | last3 = Soffer | first3 = EE. | last4 = Wruble | first4 = LD. | title = Prognostic factors in colorectal carcinomas arising in adenomas: implications for lesions removed by endoscopic polypectomy. | journal = Gastroenterology | volume = 89 | issue = 2 | pages = 328-36 | month = Aug | year = 1985 | doi = | PMID = 4007423 }}</ref> | ||
*0 - intramucosal carcinoma. | *0 - intramucosal carcinoma. | ||
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*3 - stalk of polyp. | *3 - stalk of polyp. | ||
*4 - submucosa of the bowel wall but above muscularis propria. | *4 - submucosa of the bowel wall but above muscularis propria. | ||
It | It is mostly useless; most polyps do not have a discernible neck or stalk. | ||
Note: | Note: | ||
*Dr. Haggitt is know for his tragic demise. He was shot by a resident that was about to be fired.<ref> | *Dr. Haggitt is know for his tragic demise. He was shot by a resident that was about to be fired.<ref>Rodger C. Haggitt Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology. URL: [http://depts.washington.edu/givemed/prof-chair/endowments/rodger-haggitt/ http://depts.washington.edu/givemed/prof-chair/endowments/rodger-haggitt/]. Accessed on: February 2, 2013.</ref> | ||
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