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What is a cecal adenoma ?
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Benign: Non malignant but need to be watch closely with repeated colonoscopy.
Answered 9/17/2019
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Benign lesion: The cecum is the beginning of where the terminal ileum and rt. Colon join and is where the appendix is located. An adenoma is a benign glandular tumor from the lining of the colon that when developing selected mutatuions will convert to carcinoma.
Answered 9/17/2019
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