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Does Inflammatory Bowel Disease Increase The Risk Of Colon Cancer?
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Mon, 16 Jun 2014
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Question : I had a colonoscopy in August that showed chronic inflammation. Then a couple days ago i had another one that showed a sessile polyp. I read somewhere that chronic inflammation can lead to cancer. Im 25 by the way
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Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
Inflammatory bowels disease increases the risk of colon cancer indeed. In most cases this is Crohns disease or Ulcerative Colitits. But this risk is higher after 8 years of disease activity. That is why inflammatory bowels disease patients should have colonoscopy every 1-2 years starting 8 years after the diagnosis.
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.
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Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
Inflammatory bowels disease increases the risk of colon cancer indeed. In most cases this is Crohns disease or Ulcerative Colitits. But this risk is higher after 8 years of disease activity. That is why inflammatory bowels disease patients should have colonoscopy every 1-2 years starting 8 years after the diagnosis.
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I havent technically been diagnosed with crohns. Just blood work says i have it. But im 25 and have a polyp so i am worried its cancerous. A scope the year before the one in august was totally normal
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Blood work can not be used to diagnose inflammatory bowels disease. If this was not confirmed during the colonoscopy, you do not have it. So the risk of colon cancer at your case is minimal. Even with the polyp removal.
Colon cancer is extremely rare at your age, and is the last cancer you should think of.
Regards
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Detailed Answer:
Blood work can not be used to diagnose inflammatory bowels disease. If this was not confirmed during the colonoscopy, you do not have it. So the risk of colon cancer at your case is minimal. Even with the polyp removal.
Colon cancer is extremely rare at your age, and is the last cancer you should think of.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Path showed tubular adenoma and lumphoid aggregates
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Tubular adenoma is just a histological type of benign polyp. It is not a cancer. Lymphoid aggregates does not indicate any inflammatory bowels disease. There are specific histological criteria to diagnose it.
So please stop thinking about colon cancer. The risk of it at your case is minimal.
Regards.
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Detailed Answer:
Tubular adenoma is just a histological type of benign polyp. It is not a cancer. Lymphoid aggregates does not indicate any inflammatory bowels disease. There are specific histological criteria to diagnose it.
So please stop thinking about colon cancer. The risk of it at your case is minimal.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
What does lymphoid aggregate indicate
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Lymphoid aggregation means that in the collected sample there was area where lymphocytes are present in kind of groups. This can be sometimes present in Ulcerative Colitis however it is not enough to diagnose it.
Regards.
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Detailed Answer:
Lymphoid aggregation means that in the collected sample there was area where lymphocytes are present in kind of groups. This can be sometimes present in Ulcerative Colitis however it is not enough to diagnose it.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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