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My Doctor Has Told Me I Need A Repeat Colonoscopy
Question: My doctor has told me i need a repeat colonoscopy in a year after finding and removing a .4 mm benign tubulovillous adenoma. Rest of exam was totally normal. This seems awfully soon to me?
Brief Answer:
Probably a colonoscopy is needed.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
I understand your concern.
The colonoscopy is needed to check for a recurrence of adenoma.
Approximately one percent of adenoma with a diameter less than a centimeter are cancerous.
Patients who have adenomas are also at increased risk for developing cancer compared with patients without adenomas.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Probably a colonoscopy is needed.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
I understand your concern.
The colonoscopy is needed to check for a recurrence of adenoma.
Approximately one percent of adenoma with a diameter less than a centimeter are cancerous.
Patients who have adenomas are also at increased risk for developing cancer compared with patients without adenomas.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
I guess my qustion is if the polyp was so small and benign with no evidence of high grade dysplasia, even though it had a villous component, and the rest of the exam normal, what are they thinking they could find in one year? Don't adenomas take a long time to grow?
Brief Answer:
If the polyp is small we can postpone the colonoscopy for three years.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again dear,
If the polyp is small and the entire colon was well seen during your colonoscopy,in general, we recommend a repeat colonoscopy in three years.
So ,in this case you may ask a second opinion before doing the colonoscopy by another gastrologist.
Take care dear,
Dr.Dorina Gurabardhi
If the polyp is small we can postpone the colonoscopy for three years.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again dear,
If the polyp is small and the entire colon was well seen during your colonoscopy,in general, we recommend a repeat colonoscopy in three years.
So ,in this case you may ask a second opinion before doing the colonoscopy by another gastrologist.
Take care dear,
Dr.Dorina Gurabardhi
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
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