Gastrointestinal tract polyps
Gastrointestinal tract polyps, also gastrointestinal polyps or GI polyps, are the bread & butter of a GI pathologists workload. Some of 'em are benign... some pre-malignant... some malignant... some weird. Most GI polyps are from the intestine, i.e. intestinal polyps.
Overview - there are four basic types:[1]
- Hyperplastic - harmless, most common - 90% of all colonic polyps.[2]
- Hamartomatous - weriod stuff, syndromic things.
- Inflammatory - think inflammatory bowel disease, AKA pseudopolyps.
- Adenomatous - premalignant, several types (see below).
Mnemonic: HHI-A.
Diagnostic variability for colorectal polyps is substantial among community pathologists.[3]
Basic approach
- Sessile (flat) or polypoid (spherical, possibly has a stalk)?
- Nuclear features of adenoma & loss of goblets (hyperchromatic nuclei, nuclei round vs. flat, loss of nuclear stratification)?
- Inflammation?
- Serrated architecture?
A set of decision trees for GI polyps
Decision tree - GI polyps
GI polyp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Polypoid (Lollipop-like) | Sessile (flat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nuclear changes | No nuc. change | Serrated | Not serrated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Polypoid adenoma (below) | Serrated | Not serrated | SSA vs. HP | Normal vs. VA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HP | See misc. polyps (below) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
- Polypoid:
- Stalk visible (lollipop handle visible) or epithelial surface on three sides (or more).
- Sessile (flat):
- "Line of muscularis mucosa" visible +/- test tube-like intestinal crypts.
- Nuclear changes:
- Nuclear enlargement (elongation), crowding/pseudostratification, hyperchromasia (more blue) - especially at the surface, i.e. adjacent to the lumen (as opposed to the base of the crypt).
Decision tree - polypoid adenoma
Polypoid adenoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serrated | Non-serrated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TSA | Tubular arch. | Tubulovillous arch. | Villous arch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TA | TVA | VA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:[4]
- TA, tubular component >75%.
- VA, villous component >50%.
Decision tree - miscellaneous polyps
Misc. polyps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inflam. | No inflam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benign | Inflam. p. | Hamart. | Benign | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PJP | Juvenile | Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
- Juvenile polyps may have marked inflammation.
Hamartomatous polyps - basic DDx:
- Juvenile polyp/Retention polyp -- DIES (dilated glands, incr. LP, eroded surface, stalk).
- Peutz-Jeghers polyp (PJP) - frond-like with all mucosa components .
"Other" includes diagnoses which require history or tissue surround the polyp. These include the polyps seen in:
Tabular comparison of colonic polyps
Overview in two tables
Common colonic polyps
Type | Key feature(s) | Details | Prevalence / prognosis | Other | DDx | Image |
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Normal mucosa / no pathology | test tubes in a rack-like morphology | small nuclei, abundant goblet cells | common / benign | moderate inflammation is normal | colonic spirochetes, cryptosporidiosis, microscopic colitis, CMV colitis | Normal - low mag. (ohio-state.edu) |
Hyperplastic polyp | serrated at the surface | abundant goblet cells, usu. left colon; no features of SSA | common / benign | may be syndromic, e.g. hyperplastic polyposis syndrome | sessile serrated adenoma | |
Traditional adenoma | nuclear hyperchromasia & pseudostratification / crowding at the luminal aspect | decreased goblet cells, usu. polypoid - on a stalk, usu. left colon | common / premalignant | tubular adenoma, tubulovillous adenoma, villous adenoma | traditional serrated adenoma, reactive changes (inflammation) |
Less common
Type | Key feature(s) | Details | Prevalence / prognosis | Other | DDx | Image |
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Sessile serrated adenoma (SSA) | basal crypt dilation & serration | boot-shaped crypts, horizontal crypts, branching crypts | uncommon / pre-malignant | AKA sessile serrated polyp | hyperplastic polyp | |
Traditional serrated adenoma (TSA) | nuclear hyperchromasia & pseudostratification / crowding at the surface, serrated, villous-like architecture | decreased goblet cells | very rare / premalignant | called "traditional" to differentiate from SSA | traditional serrated adenoma (esp. villous adenoma) | |
Juvenile polyp (retention polyp) | dilated glands, increased lamina propria | eroded surface (due to trauma), stalk (polypoid), inflammation - common | uncommon / benign if in isolation | may be part of juvenile polyposis syndrome | inflammatory pseudopolyp | |
Inflammatory pseudopolyp | inflammation, erosion/ulceration adjacent to polyp | loss of mucosa adjacent to pseudopolyp | uncommon / seen in IBD, increased risk of malignancy | only seen in IBD; Dx implies IBD | juvenile polyp | Image |
Peutz-Jeghers polyp (PJP) | branching smooth muscle | tree-like growth pattern | very rare / syndromic; assoc. with cancer | PJP not pre-malignant lesion in itself; see Peutz-Jeghers syndrome | normal, classically in the small bowel |
Common problems
Submucosal invasion
- This may be difficult to assess histomorphologically; these one should show a friend.
Pseudoinvasion
Early invasion
Adenomatous vs. hyperplastic
Adenomatous polyps & hyperplastic polyps - a comparison (adapted from Li and Burgart[5]):
Attribute | Hyperplastic polyp (HP) | Sessile serrated adenoma (SSA) | Traditional serrated adenoma (TSA) | Traditional adenoma -tubular adenoma -tubulovillous adenoma -villous adenoma |
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Classic location | rectum/left colon | right colon | rectum/left colon | rectum/left colon |
Morphology | polypoid | flat (sessile) | polypoid | polypoid |
Cytologic atypia -Cigar nuclei -Hyperchromasia -Nuclear crowding |
absent | absent | present | present |
Location of worst atypia | - | - | basal | luminal |
Cytoplasm | eosinophilic | prominent eosinophilia | eosinophilic | basophilic |
Goblet cells | abundant | common | less common | less common |
Luminal Serration | present | common | present | absent |
SSA architecture -Basal crypt serration -Basal crypt dilation -Horizonatal crypts -Branched crypts |
absent | present | absent | absent |
Key feature(s) | serrated luminal surf. & goblets | abnorm. crypt arch. & sessile | nuclear atypia & serrated | nuclear atypia (luminal) |
Image(s) |
Normal colonic mucosa:
- Nuclei - round and basally located.
- Abundant goblet cells.
- Moderate inflammation.
- Paneth cells - present in right colon.
- Glands - straight, no branching; "test tube" shape.
Notes: Left colon refers to the sigmoid colon, descending colon and the distal half of the transverse colon; right colon refers to the cecum, ascending colon and proximal half of the transverse colon.
Normal
Normal colorectal mucosa
General
- Endoscopists go after anything that is polypoid... and that may be normal.
Microscopic
Features:
- Test tube like glands.
- Minimal palisading.
- Nuclei <3:1 = height:width.
- No nuclear pseudostratification. †
- Deep part of crypt is more hyperchromatic than superficial component - important.
- The surface should be lighter staining than the deeper aspect, i.e. the deeper glands are dark blue and the superficial gland are light blue.
Note:
- † May be seen in reactive changes.
DDx (colorectal mucosa with minimal changes):
Images
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- Normal colorectal mucosa (uwa.edu.au).[6]
- Colon (siumed.edu).
- Normal colorectal mucosa (maricopa.edu).
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Normal
SIGMOID COLON, BIOPSY: - COLORECTAL-TYPE MUCOSA WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
COLON, 70 CM, BIOPSY: - COLORECTAL-TYPE MUCOSA WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
Mucosa and submucosa
POLYP, SIGMOID COLON, BIOPSY: - COLONIC MUCOSA AND SUBMUCOSA WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
Lymphoid nodule present
POLYP, ASCENDING COLON, BIOPSY: - COLONIC MUCOSA AND SUBMUCOSA WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS WITH A MORPHOLOGICALLY BENIGN LYMPHOID NODULE.
Note:
- Lymphoid nodules manifest endoscopically as a small polypoid protuberances. It is worthwhile to report the presence of lymphoid nodules as they reassure the endoscopist that they probably sampled the abnormality they saw.
Suspected missed lesion
RECTOSIGMOID, BIOPSY: - COLORECTAL-TYPE MUCOSA WITH A LYMPHOID AGGREGATE. - NEGATIVE FOR ACTIVE COLITIS. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY -- SEE COMMENT. COMMENT: The clinical history is noted. This biopsy does not show neoplastic tissue; however, the biopsy may not be representative of the lesion seen. Levels were cut and these did not yield additional information. There are no changes to suggest a chronic colitis. Correlation with imaging may be useful. A re-biopsy is suggested.
Micro - suspected IBD
The sections show colorectal-type mucosa. The glands show no significant architectural abnormalities and mature normally to the surface. Rare apoptotic epithelial cells are seen. There is no cryptitis. Neutrophils are not apparent in the lamina propria.
Fecal material
Hyperplastic polyp
- The stomach lesion is dealt with in hyperplastic polyp of the stomach.
Inflammatory pseudopolyp
- AKA inflammatory polyp.
General
- Not a true polyp.
- The label inflammatory pseudopolyp = inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
- If there is no history of IBD... reconsider the diagnosis.
Microscopic
Features:
- Polypoid shape.
- Inflammation - esp. neutrophils - key feature.
Negatives:
- No nuclear atypia.
- May have focal nuclear hyperchromasia and nuclear enlargement.
- No dilated glands.
DDx:
Images:
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SIGMOID COLON POLYP, PERI-DIVERTICULAR, BIOPSY: - INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOPOLYP.
POLYP, DESCENDING COLON, BIOPSY: - INFLAMED POLYPOID FRAGMENT OF COLORECTAL-TYPE MUCOSA. -- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA.
Micro
The sections show a fragment of colorectal mucosa with focal ulceration, acute inflammation and a well-vascularized stroma with plump stromal cells. Occasional stromal cells have nuclear hyperchromasia.
Adenomatous polyps
Overview
Several types of adenomatous polyps are recognized:
- Traditional adenomas (have three subtypes):
- Tubular adenoma - most common, lowest malignant potential.
- Tubulovillous adenoma.
- Villous adenoma - highest malignant potential.
- Sessile serrated adenomas:
- New kid on the block.
- Traditional serrated adenomas - nuclear features of 'traditional adenoma' + serrated architecture.
Notes:
- They are all considered pre-malignant, i.e. if you leave 'em in place they often develop into cancer.
- If multiple... think about familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), attenuated FAP, MUTYH polyposis syndrome, serrated polyposis syndrome.
Management of (adenomatous colonic) polyps
Follow-up interval for polyps (colonoscopy interval):[7]
- Normal follow-up (includes presence of hyperplastic polyps): ~10 years.
- 1-2 low risk (adenomatous) polyps: 5-10 years.
- 3-10 low risk polyps or a high risk polyp: 3 years.
- >10 low risk polyps: <3 years.
- Inadequately removed polyps: <6 months.
Classified as high risk polyp (any of the following):[7]
- Tubulovillous.
- Villous.
- High grade dysplasia.
- Size >= 1 cm.
Mnemonic: GAS = grade (high), architecture (tubulovillous, villous), size (>1 cm).
Note:
- High risk polyp, as defined above, is also called advanced adenoma;[8] however, it should be noted that there are different definitions for advanced adenoma (e.g. Winawer & Zauber[9] include early invasive tumours). Thus, it is best to avoid the term.
Pseudoinvasion in colorectal adenomatous polyps
- AKA pseudoinvasion.
General
Microscopic
Features - classic:[12]
- Dysplastic glands surrounded by lamina propria.
- Hemosiderin.
- Lack of desmoplastic reaction.
- +/-Cystic spaces with rounded contours without cells floating in them.
Memory device (classic features) LDH:
- Lamina propria.
- Desmoplasia lacking.
- Hemosiderin.
DDx:
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COLON POLYP, SIGMOID COLON AT 45 CM, EXCISION: - TUBULAR ADENOMA. -- NEGATIVE FOR HIGH-GRADE DYSPLASIA. - SUBMUCOSA PRESENT, NO EVIDENCE OF INVASION. - ABUNDANT HEMOSIDERIN-LADEN MACROPHAGES.
High-risk features in (colorectal) adenomatous polyps with carcinoma
Predictors of poor outcome with early submucosal invasion:[13]
- High tumour grade.
- Lymphovascular invasion.
- High-grade tumour budding.
- Tumour bud = 1-4 cell(s); "high-grade budding" is >=10 tumour buds in a field of 0.385 mm2.[14]
- If the microscope has a 22 mm eye piece and...
- A 20x objective, the field is approximately 0.950 mm2 -- to match the area/bud -- it would be 24.68 buds/0.950 mm2.
- A 40x objective, the field is approximately 0.238 mm2 -- to match the area/bud -- it would be 6.17 buds/0.238 mm2.
- If the microscope has a 22 mm eye piece and...
- Tumour bud = 1-4 cell(s); "high-grade budding" is >=10 tumour buds in a field of 0.385 mm2.[14]
- Extensive submucosal invasion.
- >= 4 mm width or >= 2 mm depth.
If none of the above factors is present the risk of lymph node metastasis is < 1%. The presence of one risk factor increases the risk to ~20%. If multiple risk factors are present the chance of lymph node metastases is greater than 35%.[13]
Traditional adenoma
- Includes tubular adenoma, tubulovillous adenoma, and villous adenoma.
Traditional serrated adenoma
Sessile serrated adenoma
Malignant polyps
Colorectal adenocarcinoma
General
- Diagnosis may be a challenging on a small biopsy.
Clinical
Invasion can be predicted based on endoscopic findings:
- Kudo pit pattern.[15]
- Non-lifting sign.[16]
- Presence predicts deeper invasion.[17]
Microscopic
One of the two following:
- Dysplasia and evidence of invasion - features:[18]
- Nuclear changes seen in adenomatous polyps - malignant-appearing cells.
- Enlarged nuclei.
- Chromatin hyperchromatic or vesicular.
- Round-shape or cigar-shaped and pseudostratified.
- Architectural changes - usually those of high-grade dysplasia:
- Cribriforming - most common.
- Papillary tufting.
- Budding.
- Sheeting.
- Deep involvement - one of the two following - key feature:
- Malignant-appearing cells in the submucosa.
- Pseudoinvasion must be excluded.
- Desmoplastic stromal response.
- Spindle cells with:
- Large nuclei (nucleus ~ size of a plasma cell).
- Eosinophilic cytoplasm.
- Spindle cells with:
- Malignant-appearing cells in the submucosa.
- Nuclear changes seen in adenomatous polyps - malignant-appearing cells.
- Signet ring cells.
DDx:
- Pseudoinvasion - surrounded by lamina propria, desmoplasia lacking, hemosiderin-laden macrophages.
- Reactive changes.
Note:
- Desmoplastic response is not predictive of submucosal invasion in pedunculated polyps.[19]
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RECTOSIGMOID TUMOUR, BIOPSY: - INVASIVE ADENOCARCINOMA, MODERATELY DIFFERENTIATED.
RECTUM, BIOPSY: - INVASIVE ADENOCARCINOMA, MODERATELY DIFFERENTIATED.
Micro
The sections shows colorectal-type mucosa with a tubule-forming epithelium that has cellular pseudostratification and enlarged hyperchromatic nuclei, from the crypt base to the luminal aspect (dysplasia).
There is cribriforming of glands and epithelial budding. Plump spindle cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm surround the abnormal epithelium (desmoplastic stroma). No definite submucosa is identified; the diagnosis is based on the stromal desmoplasia.
Hamartomatous polyps
Overview
There are three well known hamartomatous polyp syndromes:[20]
There are two obscure hamartomatous polyp syndromes:[20]
- Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRBS).
- Devon polyposis syndrome (DPS).
Notes:
- BRBS is due to a PTEN mutation[21] (the same gene associated with Cowden's disease).
- DPS is reported in only one family that lives in Devon, UK.[22]
Juvenile polyp
- AKA retention polyp in adults.
General
May be part of a syndrome:
- Juvenile polyposis syndrome (JPS) - see JPS article for criteria.
- Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.
- Cowden syndrome.
Gross
- Mushroom-like shape.
Microscopic
- Eroded, smooth or lobulated surface.
- Pedunculated.
- Increased lamina propria (LP) +/- edema.
- Cystically dilated gland.
- Often inflammed.
Mnemonic DIES = dilated glands, increased LP & inflammation of the LP, eroded/smooth surface, stalk.
Notes:
- May have nuclear changes like those seen in adenomatous polyps.
DDx:
- Inflammatory polyp.
- Hyperplastic polyp of the stomach - less lamina propria, foveolar hyperplasia (long tortuous glands).
- Cronkhite-Canada syndrome - have changes in the surrounding mucosa, clinical findings (nail atrophy, skin pigment, alopecia).
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IHC
- Usually none.
Notes:
- IHC can be used if it is suspected to have dysplasia (p53, Ki-67).
- p53 mutations in dysplastic epithelium -- negative stain (normal).
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RECTOSIGMOID POLYP, BIOPSY: - RETENTION POLYP.
Peutz-Jeghers polyp
General
Epidemiology
- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is autosomal dominant.
- Altered gene: STK11.
Clinical
Features:[25]
- Melanocytic macules.
- Lips, buccal mucosa, and digits.
- Multiple Peutz-Jeghers polyps.
Increased risk of various neoplasms - primarily:
- Breast and gastrointestinal cancer.[26]
- Others tumours:[27]
- Granulosa cell tumour.
- Sertoli cell tumour - esp. with calcification.
Microscopic
- Frond-like polyp with all three components of mucosa:
- Muscosal epithelium (melanotic mucosa, goblet cells).
- Lamina propria.
- M. mucosae.
Notes:
- Frond = leaflike expansion.[28]
- The key is "thick" smooth muscle bundles - if one is lucky one sees branching.[29]
- "Thick" ~= thickness of muscularis mucosae.
- The key is "thick" smooth muscle bundles - if one is lucky one sees branching.[29]
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Duodenum
POLYPS, DUODENUM, EXCISION: - PEUTZ-JEGHERS POLYPS (x2) WITH BRUNNER'S GLANDS. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
Colon
POLYP, COLON (40 CM), EXCISION: - PEUTZ-JEGHERS POLYP. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
Cowden disease
- AKA Cowden syndrome.
General
Etiology:
- PTEN gene mutation.
Clinical features:[30]
- Hamartomatous polyps.
- Facial trichilemmomas (hair follicle root sheath epithelium tumour).
- Oral papillomas.
- Acral keratoses (peripheral keratoses).
Note:
- Lame mnemonic PATH:[31] Papilloma (oral), Acral keratosis, Trichilemmoma, Hamartomatous polyps.
Microscopic
Features:
- Hamartomatous polyp - features non-specific. (???)
Weird stuff
Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
- Abbreviated CCS.
General
Clinical features:[32]
- Hamartomatous polyps.
- Ectodermal abnormalities (nail atrophy, skin pigment, alopecia).
Microscopic
Features:
- Polyps have same morphology as juvenile polyps/retension polyps.
- Crypt dilation and edema in non-polypoid mucosa[33] - key feature.
DDx:
Images:
Ganglioneuroma
General
- May be part of MEN 2B.
Microscopic
Features - see ganglioneuroma:
- Ganglion cells - key feature.
- Large cells with a round nucleus and a prominent nucleolus.
Images
Inflammatory myoglandular polyp
General
- Controversial - probably not a distinct pathologic entity.[34]
- Rare, benign, non-neoplastic.[35]
- Large bowel, usually rectosigmoid.
Microscopic
Features:[36]
- Granulation tissue within the lamina propria.
- Lamina propria smooth muscle.
- Irregular gland architecture:
- Cystic dilatation.
- Tortuosity.
DDx:[34]
- Mucosal prolapse syndrome.
- Polypoid prolaping mucosal fold in diverticular disease.
- Inflammatory cloacogenic polyp.
- Inflammatory cap polyp.
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See also
References
- ↑ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 856. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
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External links
- Serrated polyps quiz (unibas.ch) - nice quiz... though it is annoying that one has to click on the images to enlarge 'em.