Ulcerative Colitis

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Carcinoma in ColitisThe possible association of carcinoma of the colon with colitis is of more than academic interest since it may affect the prognosis of a given case and influence the extent of surgical intervention.93 Although pathologists, in the past, have denied any relation between the two diseases, more recent studies have emphasized the effect of polyps on the subsequent development of cancer in the ulcerated colon.94 , 95 Of the various types of excrescences that appear attached to the bowel wall, neither the mucosal tags nor inflammatory polyps consisting of mucous membrane and granulation tissue are premalignant.94 These pseudopolyps, though . . .