Keywords: Adenomatous Polyp of the Colon 1.jpg Adenomatous Polyp of the Colon This 2 5-centimeter adenomatous polyp was serendipitously found in a right colectomy specimen The colon was removed to bypass an extrinsic obstruction caused by metastatic ovarian cancer In the picture above the long axis of the opened bowel is horizontal and the mucosa is viewed en face Both photos were shot with an Olympus D-600L digital camera mounted on a copystand illuminated by 4 photofloods In the top picture the specimen was submerged in water while the specimen in the bottom picture was shot dry Photograph by Ed Uthman MD Public domain Posted 15 Jan 99 http //web2 airmail net/uthman/specimens/index html PD Ed Uthman Gross pathology of neoplasms Adenoma coli |