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Adenomatous Polyps of the Colon

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  • Joel S. Levine, M.D.,
  • and Dennis J. Ahnen, M.D.

A 52-year-old man with no personal or family history of colon cancer, colonic polyps, or inflammatory bowel disease underwent a screening colonoscopy that showed no abnormalities except for a 1.5-cm pedunculated polyp at the hepatic flexure that was removed by means of a snare with cautery. The polyp was a tubulovillous adenoma without high-grade dysplasia. How should his care be managed?

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Funding and Disclosures

Dr. Levine reports receiving grant support from Berlex and Wyeth. Dr. Ahnen reports having received honoraria for consulting from Exact Sciences and for lecturing from AstraZeneca. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

We thank Dr. Finlay Macrae for his thoughtful review of the manuscript.

Author Affiliations

From the University of Colorado School of Medicine (J.S.L., D.J.A.) and the Denver Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (D.J.A.) — both in Denver.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Ahnen at the Gastroenterology Section (111E), Denver Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1055 Clermont St., Denver, CO 80220, or at .

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