Colonic adenocarcinoma in a patient with multiple hyperplastic polyps

Neth J Med. 1995 Apr;46(4):185-8. doi: 10.1016/0300-2977(94)00067-j.

Abstract

Hyperplastic colonic polyps are considered to be benign. We report the case of a man with multiple hyperplastic colon polyps who developed a colonic adenocarcinoma. The literature on the relation between hyperplastic colon polyps and adenocarcinoma is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Colonic Polyps / complications*
  • Colonic Polyps / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia
  • Male
  • Middle Aged