Difference between revisions of "Intramucosal colorectal carcinoma"

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[[Image:GI Organization.svg|thumb|300px|right|The layers of the GI tract from inside (mucosa) to outside (serosa/adventitia). (WC)]]
'''Intramucosal colorectal carcinoma''' is a confusing term for ''high grade (colorectal) dysplasia'' that should be avoided.<ref name=pmid22943008>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fleming | first1 = M. | last2 = Ravula | first2 = S. | last3 = Tatishchev | first3 = SF. | last4 = Wang | first4 = HL. | title = Colorectal carcinoma: Pathologic aspects. | journal = J Gastrointest Oncol | volume = 3 | issue = 3 | pages = 153-73 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2012.030 | PMID = 22943008 }}</ref>
'''Intramucosal colorectal carcinoma''' is a confusing term for ''high grade (colorectal) dysplasia'' that should be avoided.<ref name=pmid22943008>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fleming | first1 = M. | last2 = Ravula | first2 = S. | last3 = Tatishchev | first3 = SF. | last4 = Wang | first4 = HL. | title = Colorectal carcinoma: Pathologic aspects. | journal = J Gastrointest Oncol | volume = 3 | issue = 3 | pages = 153-73 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2012.030 | PMID = 22943008 }}</ref>


''Intramucosal rectal carcinoma'', ''intramucosal colonic carcinoma'', ''intramucosal colonic adenocarcinoma'' and ''intramucosal rectal adenocarcinoma'' redirect here.
'''Intramucosal rectal carcinoma''', '''intramucosal colonic carcinoma''', '''intramucosal colonic adenocarcinoma''', '''intramucosal rectal adenocarcinoma''', '''intramucosal adenocarcinoma of the colon‎''', and '''colorectal adenocarcinoma in situ''' redirect here.


==Background==
==Background==
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**This is different than elsewhere in the GI tract, where cancer is defined by invasion through the basement membrane, i.e. into the lamina propria.
**This is different than elsewhere in the GI tract, where cancer is defined by invasion through the basement membrane, i.e. into the lamina propria.
**Rationale: atypical (cancer-like) cells in lamina propria do ''not'' have [[metastasis|metastatic]] potential as there are no lymphatics in the colorectal lamina propria.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lewin | first1 = MR. | last2 = Fenton | first2 = H. | last3 = Burkart | first3 = AL. | last4 = Sheridan | first4 = T. | last5 = Abu-Alfa | first5 = AK. | last6 = Montgomery | first6 = EA. | title = Poorly differentiated colorectal carcinoma with invasion restricted to lamina propria (intramucosal carcinoma): a follow-up study of 15 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 31 | issue = 12 | pages = 1882-6 | month = Dec | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318057fac2 | PMID = 18043043 }}</ref>
**Rationale: atypical (cancer-like) cells in lamina propria do ''not'' have [[metastasis|metastatic]] potential as there are no lymphatics in the colorectal lamina propria.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lewin | first1 = MR. | last2 = Fenton | first2 = H. | last3 = Burkart | first3 = AL. | last4 = Sheridan | first4 = T. | last5 = Abu-Alfa | first5 = AK. | last6 = Montgomery | first6 = EA. | title = Poorly differentiated colorectal carcinoma with invasion restricted to lamina propria (intramucosal carcinoma): a follow-up study of 15 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 31 | issue = 12 | pages = 1882-6 | month = Dec | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318057fac2 | PMID = 18043043 }}</ref>
Note:
*If one wants to differentiate ''adenocarcinoma in situ'' and ''high-grade dysplasia'':
**''Adenocarcinoma in situ'' has ''invasion into the lamina propria'' and ''high-grade dysplasia'' does ''not'' have lamina propria invasion. Thus, the difference amounts to seeing a [[desmoplastic stroma]] or infiltrative cells; if one of these is present it is ''adenocarcinoma in situ'', if both are ''not'' it is ''dysplasia''.


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Traditional adenoma]].
*[[Traditional adenoma]].
*[[Intramucosal carcinoma]].
*[[Intramucosal carcinoma]].
*[[Colorectal cancer staging]].
*[[Pseudoinvasion]].


==References==
==References==
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