Resumen
Definición
Anamnesis y examen
Principales factores de diagnóstico
- presencia de factores de riesgo
- antecedentes familiares
Otros factores de diagnóstico
- sangrado rectal
- descarga de moco
- pérdida de peso
- tenesmo
- cambio en el ritmo intestinal
- síntomas y signos de anemia
Factores de riesgo
- mayor edad
- antecedentes familiares de cáncer colorrectal o pólipos colorrectales
- antecedentes previos de pólipos
- sexo masculino
- acromegalia
Pruebas diagnósticas
Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar
- colonoscopia
- colonografía por tomografía computarizada (TC)
- cromoendoscopia
- histología
Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse
- sigmoidoscopia flexible
Pruebas emergentes
- autofluorescencia
- colonoscopia con capuchón
- técnicas de cromoendoscopia virtual
Algoritmo de tratamiento
adecuado para la resección endoscópica
no adecuado para la resección endoscópica
Colaboradores
Autores
Edward T. Pring, FRCS
Specialty Registrar
University College Hospital
London
UK
Divulgaciones
ETP declares that he has no competing interests.
Laura E. Gould, MRCS
Specialty Registrar
St Mark’s Hospital
Harrow
UK
Divulgaciones
LEG declares that she has no competing interests.
George Malietzis, PhD, FRCS
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Mediterranean Hospital
Cyprus
Honorary Clinical Lecturer
Department of Surgery and Cancer
Imperial College London
London
UK
Divulgaciones
GM declares that he has no competing interests.
Ioanna Drami, MRCS
Specialty Registrar
St Mark’s Hospital
Harrow
UK
Divulgaciones
ID declares that she has no competing interests.
Dinh Mai, MRCS
Specialty Registrar
St Mark’s Hospital
Harrow
UK
Divulgaciones
DM declares that he has no competing interests.
John T. Jenkins, MD
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
Department of Coloproctology
St. Mark's Hospital
London
UK
Divulgaciones
JTJ declares that he has no competing interests.
Agradecimientos
Dr Edward T. Pring, Dr Laura E. Gould, Dr George Malietzis, Dr Ioanna Drami, Dr Dinh Mai, and Dr John T. Jenkins would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Phil Tozer, a previous contributor to this topic.
Divulgaciones
PT declares that he has no competing interests.
Revisores por pares
John Anderson, FRCS
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow
UK
Divulgaciones
JA declares that he has no competing interests.
Sharon Stein, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
University Hospital Case Medical Center
Cleveland
OH
Divulgaciones
SS received a fee for educational courses on laparoscopic surgery, paid for in part by Covidien, Olympus, and Applied Medical.
Diferenciales
- Cáncer colorrectal
- Hemorroides
- Fisura anal
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