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ADENOMA‐CARCINOMA SEQUENCE OF THE LARGE BOWEL
Author(s) -
Adachi M.,
Ryan P.,
Collopy B.,
Fink R.,
Mackay J.,
Woods R.,
Oklnaga K.,
Muto T.,
Moriaka Y.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00252.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sequence (biology) , adenoma , carcinoma , general surgery , gastroenterology , biology , genetics
Fifty‐two surgically removed large bowel specimens and 3 colonoscopically removed polyps with mucosal carcinomas were studied. Among 36 frank colorectal carcinomas, six (17%) had a focus of adenomatous remnant. The average size of carcinomas without adenomatous remnant was 56.0 mm and of those with adenomatous remnant was 44.3 mm. Four (67%) of 6 submucosal carcinomas and all of 4 mucosal carcinomas showed an adenomatous remnant. The average size of submucosal carcinomas was 17.7 mm and that of mucosal carcinomas was 16.3 mm. The smaller and less advanced the carcinoma, the more likely it was to show an adenomatous remnant, suggesting that carcinomas arise in adenomas and destroy surviving benign tumour as they grow. Coexisting adenomas were seen in 19 of 46 neoplasm‐bearing patients (41%) and 1 of 9 patients (11%) without neoplasms. Average sizes of adenomas with moderate and mild atypia were 13.0mm and 8.2 mm respectively, whichare smaller than the sizes of submucosal and mucosal carcinomas. Although the numbers were small, these findings support the concept of adenoma‐carcinoma sequence. Twenty‐one flat elevations were collected during the study. Ten were neoplasms (9 adenomas and an early carcinoma), ten were metaplastic polyps and one was a histologically normal mucosal protrusion. The atypism of 10 flat adenomas increased with increasing size, as with ordinary adenomas. As 10 of 55 adenomas (18.2%) were flat adenomas, which are difficult to detect during routine colonoscopic examination, colonoscopists should make every effon to discover flat adenomas. which seem to play an important role in the adenoma‐carcinoma sequence.