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The sections show normal colonic-type mucosa and abnormal mucosal glands that have, from crypt base to luminal aspect, nuclear pseudostratification/crowding, nuclear hyperchromasia and enlargement, goblet cell paucity, and cytoplasmic hyperchromasia. | The sections show normal colonic-type mucosa and abnormal mucosal glands that have, from crypt base to luminal aspect, nuclear pseudostratification/crowding, nuclear hyperchromasia and enlargement, goblet cell paucity, and cytoplasmic hyperchromasia. | ||
The abnormal nuclei maintain basal stratification. There is no definite cribriforming of glands, and no sheeting of the atypical epithelium. No lamina propria invasion is identified | The abnormal nuclei maintain basal stratification. There is no definite cribriforming of glands, and no sheeting of the atypical epithelium. No lamina propria invasion is identified. | ||
===Final diagnosis=== | ===Final diagnosis=== | ||
Polyp, transverse colon, excision - tubular adenoma, negative for high-grade dysplasia. | Polyp, transverse colon, excision - tubular adenoma, negative for high-grade dysplasia, see comment. | ||
====Comment==== | |||
Completeness of excision is best assessed endoscopically. | |||