Polyps Of Colon Flashcards
Types
Non neoplastic
1. Inflammatory
2. Hamartomarous
3. Hyperplastic
Neoplastic
1. Tubular adenomas
2. Villous adenomas
3. Tubulovillous adenomas
Features of inflammatory polyps
Non cancerous
Found in ulcerative colitis
Types of hamartomatous polyps
Juvenile polyopsis coli syndrome
Peutz jeghers syndrome
Saw toothed appearance
Hyperplastic polyps
2 types of polyposis syndrome
Familial adenomatous polyopsis
Hereditary non polyopsis colorectal cancer HNPCC/lynch syndrome
Are polyposis syndrome autosomal dominant or recessive
Dominant
Hundreds to thousands of Aden mas in colon & rectum seen in
Familial adenomatous polyposis
Which gene is responsible for fap (familial adenomatous polyposis )
Adenomatous polyposis coli gene (apc )
When extra intestinal manifestations are prominent in fap
Gardner syndrome ( osteomas of mandible, skull, long bones, tumors of abdomen wall , thyroid tumor )
Turcot syndrome
Colonial adenomas plus CNS tumors
Hallmark mutation in HNPCC
DNA repair genes MSH 1 ,2
What happens after MSH 1,2 mutation
Micro satellite instability