Chicken skin mucosa surrounding small colorectal cancer could be an endoscopic predictive marker of submucosal invasion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chicken skin mucosa (CSM) surrounding colon polyps is a common endoscopic finding with pale yellow-speckled mucosa during a colonoscopy screening. Although reports about CSM surrounding small colorectal cancer are scarce, and its clinical significance in intramucosal and submucosal cancers is unclear, previous studies have suggested it could be an endoscopic predictive marker for colonic neoplastic and advanced polyps. Currently, because of the inaccurate preoperative evaluation by endoscopists, many small colorectal cancers, particularly lesions with a diameter < 2 cm, are improperly treated. Therefore, more effective methods are required to better assess the depth of the lesion before treatment.

Aim

To explore potential markers of small colorectal cancer early i

SUBMITTER: Zhang YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10302994 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature