Donnaj wrote:...
Polyp record
Polyp identified in the sigmoid: type = sessile size 2mm. Surface type II- asteroid pit removed by cold snare(removed en block) retrieved the polyp was sent to histology.
Colonoscope needed with genetic abnormality- no urgency do after Christmas. Colonoscopy booked for 4 weeks
I think you would have to talk to someone who has had sessile polyps removed successfully. I have had no direct experience in that area.
Your sigmoidoscopy only covered the anus, rectum and sigmoid colon. You will need to go back in January so that they can do a colonoscopy with a full-length colonoscope to inspect the remaining 2/3 of your colon. Right now they have no information on what might be going on in the rest of your colon.
For your sigmoid colon it looks like whatever they found was was completely removed and was not malignant, but you won't know for sure until the biopsy results come back.
Here's some information on the type of polyp they found in your sigmoid colon:
Click on link below to view Figure 2:
Type II asteroid pit sessile polyp..
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710666/figure/Fig2/?report=objectonlyApparently, Type I and Type Ii are usually non-cancerous, but Types IiI, IV, and IV and above can be cancerous. Read the article below for details. Only the biopsy of your polyp will tell you for sure.
Kudo proposed a gross classification of pit patterns into seven types. It has been suggested that type I and II pit patterns are characteristic of non-neoplastic lesions, such as normal mucosa or hyperplastic polyps. However, most lesions showing pattern types IIIS, IIIL, or IV, as well as a subset of V are intramucosal neoplastic lesions...Thus, type I and II lesions were designated as non-neoplastic patterns, and all other types were neoplastic.
Ref:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710666/
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