INTESTINE Vol.5 No.1(2-1)

Theme Villous Tumor
Title Endoscopic diagnosis of villous tumor-Evaluation of its gross configuration and clinico-pathological features
Publish Date 2001/01
Author Satoru Tamura First Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School
Author Yoshifumi Higashidani First Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School
Author Takehisa Tadokoro First Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School
Author Yuichi Yokoyama First Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School
Author Saburo Onishi First Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School
Author Tetsuya Yano Kochi Gastrointestinal Clinic
Author Soichi Kagiyama Internal Medicine, Niyodo Hospital
Author Kohji Ohkawauchi Division of Gastroenterology, Kochi Municipal Hata-Kenmin Hospital
Author Takako Miyamoto Division of Gastroenterology, Kochi Municipal Hata-Kenmin Hospital
Author Hiroshi Ueda Division of Gastroenterology, Kochi Municipal Hata-Kenmin Hospital
[ Summary ] We evaluated the clinico-pathological features of villous tumors (VT). The frequency of VT in adenoma was 1.87%. The gross configurations of VT of the protruding type: 66.4%, and the superficial type: 33.6%. The most frequent site of VT was in the rectum. The rates of early cancer, of the protruding type, increased when more than 11mm in diameter, but that of the superficial type increased when more than 21mm in diameter. The endoscopic features of submucosal invading cancer were sclerous change and type V pit pattern.
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