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adenoma of the anal canal

Monday 14 September 2015

Anal canal adenoma is an extremely rare disease that has the potential to transform into a malignant tumor. Reports underscore the importance of careful observations throughout colonoscopy to detect precancerous lesions, particularly in anatomically narrow segments.

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 Metachronous tubulovillous and tubular adenomas of the anal canal. Nozawa H, Ishihara S, Morikawa T, Tanaka J, Yasuda K, Ohtani K, Nishikawa T, Tanaka T, Kiyomatsu T, Kawai K, Hata K, Kazama S, Yamaguchi H, Sunami E, Kitayama J, Fukayama M, Watanabe T. Diagn Pathol. 2015 Aug 7;10:139. doi : 10.1186/s13000-015-0379-9 PMID: 26249723 (Free)