COLON

55-year-old man with a rectal polyp during CRC screening.

Procedure: colonoscopy with polypectomy.

Gross: a pink polypoid tissue fragment measuring 0.9 cm.

Microscopic photo. Rectal biopsy showing haphazardly arranged benign colonic crypts surrounded by fibroblasts and smooth muscle proliferation.

55 year old male with CRC screening.

Procedure: Left colon biopsy.

Micro: Sections show benign colon mucosa with mild nonspecific chronic inflammation.

A 46 yr old male, history of pain in abdomen and weight loss of 15kgs over eight month period.

Middle-age man with screen lonoscope for polyps.

Gross: Received is a 4 mm. pink polypoid mucosal biopsy tissue. The specimen is bisected. All embedded.

Micro: see photos (4X to 40X).

46-year-old male with right colon (cecal) mass.

Procedure: Partial right colectomy.

Gross: The specimen consists of a resected cecum measuring 9 cm. in length with a maximal diameter of 6 cm.

29-year-old female with colon obstruction secondary to a sigmoid mass.

65-year-old male with GI bleeding.

Colonoscopy exam was performed and found a 1.3 cm. colon polyp at the hepatic flexture.

Gross: Received is a 1.3 cm. tan polyp. The specimen is trisected.