Difference between revisions of "Gastrointestinal tract polyps"

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===General===
===General===
*May be a challenging diagnosis on a small biopsy.
*Diagnosis may be a challenging on a small biopsy.


====Clinical====
====Clinical====
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*Pit pattern.<ref name=pmid18458845>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Onishi | first1 = T. | last2 = Tamura | first2 = S. | last3 = Kuratani | first3 = Y. | last4 = Onishi | first4 = S. | last5 = Yasuda | first5 = N. | title = Evaluation of the depth score of type V pit patterns in crypt orifices of colorectal neoplastic lesions. | journal = J Gastroenterol | volume = 43 | issue = 4 | pages = 291-7 | month =  | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1007/s00535-008-2161-1 | PMID = 18458845 }}</ref>
*Pit pattern.<ref name=pmid18458845>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Onishi | first1 = T. | last2 = Tamura | first2 = S. | last3 = Kuratani | first3 = Y. | last4 = Onishi | first4 = S. | last5 = Yasuda | first5 = N. | title = Evaluation of the depth score of type V pit patterns in crypt orifices of colorectal neoplastic lesions. | journal = J Gastroenterol | volume = 43 | issue = 4 | pages = 291-7 | month =  | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1007/s00535-008-2161-1 | PMID = 18458845 }}</ref>
*Non-lifting sign.<ref name=pmid7926542>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Uno | first1 = Y. | last2 = Munakata | first2 = A. | title = The non-lifting sign of invasive colon cancer. | journal = Gastrointest Endosc | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | pages = 485-9 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 7926542 }}</ref>
*Non-lifting sign.<ref name=pmid7926542>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Uno | first1 = Y. | last2 = Munakata | first2 = A. | title = The non-lifting sign of invasive colon cancer. | journal = Gastrointest Endosc | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | pages = 485-9 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 7926542 }}</ref>
**Presence predicts deeper invasion.<ref name=pmid10462651>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ishiguro | first1 = A. | last2 = Uno | first2 = Y. | last3 = Ishiguro | first3 = Y. | last4 = Munakata | first4 = A. | last5 = Morita | first5 = T. | title = Correlation of lifting versus non-lifting and microscopic depth of invasion in early colorectal cancer. | journal = Gastrointest Endosc | volume = 50 | issue = 3 | pages = 329-33 | month = Sep | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1053/ge.1999.v50.98591 | PMID = 10462651 }}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid22827760>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kimura | first1 = R. | last2 = Fujimori | first2 = T. | last3 = Ichikawa | first3 = K. | last4 = Ajioka | first4 = Y. | last5 = Ueno | first5 = H. | last6 = Ohkura | first6 = Y. | last7 = Kashida | first7 = H. | last8 = Togashi | first8 = K. | last9 = Yao | first9 = T. | title = Desmoplastic reaction in biopsy specimens of early colorectal cancer: a Japanese prospective multicenter study. | journal = Pathol Int | volume = 62 | issue = 8 | pages = 525-31 | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2012.02840.x | PMID = 22827760 }}</ref>
One of the following:
*Desmoplastic response - '''key feature'''.
#Usual morphology - features:<ref name=pmid22827760>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kimura | first1 = R. | last2 = Fujimori | first2 = T. | last3 = Ichikawa | first3 = K. | last4 = Ajioka | first4 = Y. | last5 = Ueno | first5 = H. | last6 = Ohkura | first6 = Y. | last7 = Kashida | first7 = H. | last8 = Togashi | first8 = K. | last9 = Yao | first9 = T. | title = Desmoplastic reaction in biopsy specimens of early colorectal cancer: a Japanese prospective multicenter study. | journal = Pathol Int | volume = 62 | issue = 8 | pages = 525-31 | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2012.02840.x | PMID = 22827760 }}</ref>
**Spindle cells with large nuclei.
#*Desmoplastic response - '''key feature'''.
***Nuclei ~ size of a plasma cell.
#**Spindle cells with large nuclei.
**Eosinophilic cytoplasm.
#***Nuclei ~ size of a plasma cell.
*Nuclear changes seen in adenomatous polyps.
#**Eosinophilic cytoplasm.
**Enlarged.
#*Nuclear changes seen in adenomatous polyps.
**Chromatin hyperchromatic ''or'' vesicular.
#**Enlarged.
**Round-shap ''or'' cigar-shaped and pseudostratified.
#**Chromatin hyperchromatic ''or'' vesicular.
*Architectural changes - usually those of high-grade dysplasia:
#**Round-shap ''or'' cigar-shaped and pseudostratified.
**Cribriforming.
#*Architectural changes - usually those of high-grade dysplasia:
**Papillary tufting.
#**Cribriforming.
**Budding.
#**Papillary tufting.
#**Budding.
#[[Signet ring cell carcinoma|Signet ring cells]].  


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