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Pólipos colorretais

Última revisão: 11 Sep 2025
Última atualização: 01 Nov 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • história familiar
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • sangramento retal
  • evacuação de muco
  • perda de peso
  • tenesmo
  • alteração no hábito intestinal
  • sinais e sintomas de anemia
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Fatores de risco

  • idade mais avançada
  • história familiar de câncer colorretal ou pólipo colorretal
  • história pregressa de pólipos
  • sexo masculino
  • acromegalia
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • colonoscopia
  • colonografia por TC
  • cromoendoscopia
  • histologia
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • sigmoidoscopia flexível
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Novos exames

  • técnicas de cromoendoscopia virtual
  • colonoscopia assistida por inteligência artificial
  • endoscopia por cápsula

Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

adequada para ressecção endoscópica

inadequada para ressecção endoscópica

Colaboradores

Autores

Edward T. Pring, FRCS, PhD

Post CCT Fellow

St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital

London

UK

Declarações

ETP declares that he has no competing interests.

Jason Rai, MRCS, MMedEd

General Surgery Specialty Registrar

Oxford Deanery

Clinical Research Fellow

St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital

London

UK

Declarações

JR declares that he has no competing interests.

Allison Wallace, MRCS, MSc

General Surgery Specialty Registrar

Oxford Deanery

Clinical Research Fellow

St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital

London

UK

Declarações

AW declares that she has no competing interests.

Laura E. Gould, MRCS

General Surgery Specialty Registrar

North East and Central London Deanery

Clinical Research Fellow

St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital

London

UK

Declarações

LG declares that she has no competing interests.

Dinh V. C. Mai, MRCS

General Surgery Specialty Registrar

Oxford Deanery

Clinical Research Fellow at St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital

London

UK

Declarações

DM declares that she has no competing interests.

Ioanna Drami, MRCS, MSc, BSc

General Surgery Specialty Registrar

North East and Central London Deanery

Clinical Research Fellow at St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital

London

UK

Declarações

ID declares that she has no competing interests.

John T. Jenkins, MD

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

St Mark’s the National Bowel Hopital

London

UK

Declarações

JTJ declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Mr Edward T. Pring, Mr Jason Rai, Miss Alison Wallace, Miss Laura E. Gould, Mr Dinh V. C. Mai, Miss Ioanna Drami and Mr John T. Jenkins would like to gratefully acknowledge Mr Phil Tozer and Mr George Malietzis previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

PT and GM declares that they have no competing interests.

Revisores

John Anderson, FRCS

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Glasgow

UK

Disclosures

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

Disclosures

SS received a fee for educational courses on laparoscopic surgery, paid for in part by Covidien, Olympus, and Applied Medical.

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References

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Key articles

Rex DK, Boland CR, Dominitz JA, et al. Colorectal cancer screening: recommendations for physicians and patients from the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force On Colorectal Cancer. Am J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jul;112(7):1016-30.Full text  Abstract

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: colon cancer [internet publication].Full text

Lieberman DA, Rex DK, Winawer SJ, et al. Guidelines for colonoscopy surveillance after screening and polypectomy: a consensus update by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer. Gastroenterology. 2012 Sep;143(3):844-57.Full text  Abstract

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