Mucinous carcinomas of the colon and rectum and their relation to polyps
- 1 December 1982
- Vol. 50 (11) , 2504-2509
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19821201)50:11<2504::aid-cncr2820501141>3.0.co;2-a
Abstract
A study of 44 mucinous carcinomas (MC) from a series of 324 colorectal cancers was made (221 surgical resections and 103 endoscopic biopsies). This study showed that MC were associated, in a significantly higher proportion when compared to non MC, with polypoid adenomas of different kinds (hyperplastic polyps not included), in other segments of the surgical specimen (P < 0.001). MC originated from adenomas, particularly villous, but also mixed and tubular, in a significantly higher proportion than non‐MC (P < 0.001). Carcinomas arising from adenomas were mucinous in 11/14 cases. The type of adenomas from which MC arose were characterized by usually having areas with a particular arborizing mucus hyperplasia. At the time of resection, MC had metastases (Stages C and D) more frequently then non MC (P < 0.02).This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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