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Submucosal thickening (polyp?) ?
by alchemyst, Feb 19, 2009 09:51AM
Due to a strong family history of colo-rectal cancers, I recently had a CT Scan done of the large bowel/colon, which showed a polyp in the rectal area.
Upon colonoscopy to remove the polyp that was found during the CT Scan - the surgeon found another
"submucosal thickening/polyp (?)" (that is how it is written on his report.
Now he wants to talk to the radiologist who read the orginal CT Scan - and have him look again to see if
this "submucosal thickening/polyp (?)" is showing on the CT Scan - and if so, what it looks like (???)
Does this mean I have cancer?
I've looked up "submucosal thickening/polyp on Google and nearly every entry points in that direction.
If its cancer - does the fact that its 'submucosal' mean it is advanced?
Please help?
Upon colonoscopy to remove the polyp that was found during the CT Scan - the surgeon found another
"submucosal thickening/polyp (?)" (that is how it is written on his report.
Now he wants to talk to the radiologist who read the orginal CT Scan - and have him look again to see if
this "submucosal thickening/polyp (?)" is showing on the CT Scan - and if so, what it looks like (???)
Does this mean I have cancer?
I've looked up "submucosal thickening/polyp on Google and nearly every entry points in that direction.
If its cancer - does the fact that its 'submucosal' mean it is advanced?
Please help?
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I forgot to mention that the orginal polyp that DID show on the CT Scan, (the one he went in to remove with the colonoscopy) was PRE-cancerous. The surgeon seemed to think that once it was gone (which he says he is confident it is) - the cancer risk is also gone - from that particular polyp, anyway. Although, he said there is a small chance the polyp would regrow. Don't know if that means it would re-grow in a pre-cancerous condition (since it was in that state when it was removed), or not.
Since that one was PRE-cancerous - its made me afraid of this submucosal one ...
So, the submucosal one - would be a sessile polyp then? How are they usually removed, do you know?
Thank you for taking the time to respond, I so appreciate it!