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. 2013 Jan;7(1):126-7.
doi: 10.5009/gnl.2013.7.1.126. Epub 2013 Jan 11.

Intramucosal colon cancer developing in an inverted hyperplastic polyp

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Intramucosal colon cancer developing in an inverted hyperplastic polyp

Hyun Ho Choi et al. Gut Liver. 2013 Jan.
No abstract available

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Colonoscopy shows a subpeduculated polyp with a large dimple located in the sigmoid colon.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Microscopic image of the resected specimen showing an inverted hyperplastic polyp associated with intramucosal cancer, as indicated by the arrowhead in the low-magnified image (H&E stain, ×100). The intramucosal cancer consisted mainly of well-differentiated adenocarcinoma in the high-magnified image (H&E stain, ×400).

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