Sessile serrated adenoma: Challenging discrimination from other serrated colonic polyps

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-35

  Farris, Alton B ^a   Misdraji, Joseph ^a   Srivastava, Amitabh ^b   Muzikansky, Alona ^a   Deshpande, Vikram ^a   Lauwers, Gregory Y ^a   Mino Kenudson, Mari ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperplastic polyp; Interobserver agreement; Serrated adenoma; Sessile serrated adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONSENSUS; CYTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASTIC POLYP; KAPPA STATISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; SESSILE SERRATED ADENOMA; TRADITIONAL SERRATED ADENOMA;

ADENOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 37549063992     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318093e40a     Document Type: Article

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