Carpeted 30 Mm Polyps

A colon polyp is a small clump of cells that forms on the lining of the colon.

Carpeted 30 mm polyps.

All benign colorectal polyps must come out to prevent cancer. Hopefully your doctor got it all and did a follow up colonoscopy soon afterward. This is an especially good idea for serrated sessile polyps. Removing polyps will reduce the risk of the polyp becoming cancerous in the future.

Speaking in the terms of statistics the chance of cancer in colon polyp more than 25mm is 20. A diminutive polyp is only about the size of a match head he says. Polyps range from the less than 5 millimeter diminutive size to the over 30 millimeter giant size. The smaller the polyp the less likely it is to be on the road to cancer he notes.

Yes 30 mm is large for a colon polyp. A large polyp can be almost as big as the average person s thumb. But surprisingly large polyps can be removed during colonoscopy so you may not need to lose any part of your colon. According to one study 20 to 30 percent of.

But its not only the determining factor as there are other things which are taken into consideration while assessing the chances of polyp to be cancerous these includes family history smoker heavy drinker obesity diabetes etc. Guest over a year ago you posted your question quite some time ago so hopefully you have gotten a clean bill of health by now but to answer your question.