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I have lynch syndrome and have a colonoscopy every year, i am 47 y/o. i had 4 polyps removed today and 1 was 5mm. is it possible that it could be cancerous, and i have a prominent fold in my cecum, what does that mean could it be cancer?it was biopsied as
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Maybe: Any polyp can harbor cancer, and in lynch's even small polyps are worrisome. However, you are very smart to undergo frequent colonoscopies, which tremendously reduce your risk of death from colon cancer even if this does turn out to be malignant. Good luck.
Answered 7/16/2016
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Anatomy discreption: An anatomical description no it does not mean cancer, result of biposy is the answer , lynch syn is heriditory nonolyposis colorectal cancer ( hnpcc) will not see true polyps vs familial adenomatous polyposis (fap) where you see true polyps . Good luck for biopsy report.
Answered 9/6/2019
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