Colon polyp in the muscle

[Anonymous]

Hello. A recent colonoscopy showed 2 areas of concern. One is in an area where I had a polyp before that was growing back and the second was a large polyp right next to that area. They removed the new polyp but couldn’t completely remove the regrown one — couldn’t safely free it from the muscle.

Waiting for biopsy reports and it took a few days for me to realize that being in the muscle is probably not a good sign.

I searched through google AI and it gave me this “ polyp found in the muscle layer of the colon does not automatically mean it is cancerous, though it is a finding that requires careful investigation. While a polyp that has grown deep into the muscle (muscularis propria) is more concerning, many such lesions are benign, particularly those related to chronic inflammation or Prolapsing Mucosal Polyps. ”

Anyone here had a similar situation and if so, what was the outcome?

PSA: please stay on top of your routine health screenings!

[Anonymous]

If it is a concern, and docs recommend a colon resection, the surgery will likely be laparoscopic with little down time. Just wait to hear what next steps are.

Also, the "concern" could be just that they can't remove it all. Statistically speaking, it's likely benign, less likely pre-cancerous and rarely cancerous. But they/we like to remove things that shouldn't be there. And we definitely want to remove things that are pre/cancerous. Good luck. Try not to stress now and just wait for the biopsy results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it is a concern, and docs recommend a colon resection, the surgery will likely be laparoscopic with little down time. Just wait to hear what next steps are.

Also, the "concern" could be just that they can't remove it all. Statistically speaking, it's likely benign, less likely pre-cancerous and rarely cancerous. But they/we like to remove things that shouldn't be there. And we definitely want to remove things that are pre/cancerous. Good luck. Try not to stress now and just wait for the biopsy results.

Thank you very much for your kind reply. I’m trying not to stress out but want to be realistic so this was very helpful.