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Adenoma‐like and non‐adenoma‐like dysplasia‐associated lesion or mass in ulcerative colitis
Author(s) -
Chen Ying Xuan,
Qiao Liang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of digestive diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1751-2980
pISSN - 1751-2972
DOI - 10.1111/1751-2980.12043
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , adenoma , dysplasia , lesion , mass/lesion , gastroenterology , pathology , disease
Ulcerative colitis (UC) patients have an increased risk of colorectal cancer. UC has two general patterns of dysplasia, which are commonly classified as adenoma‐like dysplasia‐associated lesion or mass ( DALM ) and non‐adenoma‐like DALM . The latter has a high risk of concurrent malignancy and often requires a colectomy. Unfortunately, non‐adenoma‐like DALMs sometimes have endoscopic features similar to those of adenoma‐like DALM s. Therefore, new endoscopic techniques to distinguish between these two kinds of DALM have been proposed.