Reports of Serrated polyps of the colon - (references MSI/Lynch Syndrome) Mayo Clinic

Serrated polyps of the colon

Aravind Sugumar and Frank A Sinicrope

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Division of Oncology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA

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F1000 Med Reports2010, 2:89 (doi: 10.3410/M2-89)

Published: 17 Dec 2010

"....Among the more important findings is that SSAs may be the precursor lesions for MSI-H colon cancers. Furthermore, there is evidence that serrated polyps are more likely to be missed during colonoscopy [10,11,22]. As a result, colonoscopic follow-ups for serrated adenomas should be the same as for conventional adenomatous polyps...."