La polipectomía endoscópica en el diagnóstico y tratamiento del cáncer temprano rectocolónico. / [Endoscopic polypectomy in the diagnosis and treatment of early colorectal cancer]

ABSTRACT

The rectocolon cancer (RCC) behavior in La Plata is clearly shown to be similar to the one found in high risk countries, both from the epidemiological and the histopathological point of view. The disagreement among different polyps coming from necropsy, endoscopy or surgery is found and discussed in relation to distribution, size and histopathological type. The evidence of de sequence adenoma-carcinoma is once more found in the cases studied. On the other hand, displastics lesions in non-neoplastic flat mucosa are not found. THe malignant potential of the adenomas is found to increase with the increment of their size, villous component and atipía degree. This evidence come from 100 adenomas considered. It is also found that in this sample that the malignant potential is high in small lesions -4,3