Is an adenoma and carcinoid polyps the same thing?

No: They are not the same......Adenomas are benign tumors in the colon and carcinoid tumors are not benign.....They could be low grade cancers but usually are not benign; they are cancerous, sometimes aggressive too.

No: A carcinoid polyp is a variant of a neuroendocrine tumor that may be found in the bowel. An adenoma found in the colon is a polypoid lesion that can undergo transformation via c-myc, APC and p53 mutations to form adenocarcinoma of the colon