Colon Polyps with "Roots"? (pathology, cancerous, tissue, colonoscopy)

[TheShadow]

Has anyone had a colonoscopy and been told that their polyps had roots? My hubby was told this and that he would need another colonoscopy in 4 months to follow up on potential "regrowth".

Has anyone heard of a polyp with roots that need to be rechecked in months? They were said to be non-cancerous adenomas.

[Parnassia]

Just speculating here...

I suspect they meant that they couldn't be sure they removed every bit of the polyp's tissue because there were extensions infiltrating below the surface of the colon's lining. If there's no re-growth it was more likely that they did get rid of it. Adenomas are "neoplastic" (a neoplasm is an abnormal growth of new cells as opposed to an inflammatory response by existing cells) Neoplastic polyps can eventually become cancerous, which is why they want to re-check the ones they removed. If they can't remove the entire polyp its possible for it to form again, and that new growth might not be benign. Some info I found about various types of polyps that might be of interest:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/syc-20352875

https://librepathology.org/wiki/Gast...l_tract_polyps

[TheShadow]

Thank you. I googled and found little about adenomas and roots. I am thinking, as you said, they are looking for remaining remnants of the adenoma to remove if they start to re-grow.