A 0.8-mm depressed adenoma of the colon with high-grade dysplasia

Endoscopy. 2001 Oct;33(10):891-3. doi: 10.1055/s-2001-17331.

Abstract

Flat and depressed cancers of the colon have now been recognized in several centers throughout the world. We report here a case of a 0.8-mm depressed adenoma with high-grade dysplasia in a 70-year-old man. We believe this to be the smallest adenoma ever reported, and unusually (for a small lesion) it was positive for the K-ras mutation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / genetics
  • Adenoma / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Colonic Neoplasms / genetics
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Colonoscopy / methods
  • Genes, ras / genetics
  • Humans
  • Indigo Carmine
  • Indoles
  • Male
  • Mutation / genetics

Substances

  • Indoles
  • Indigo Carmine