Question 228 · LEK · Polyps

Which of the following colon lesions bears the highest risk of malignant transformation?

  1. A. tubulovillous adenoma.
  2. B. tubular adenoma.
  3. C. villous adenoma.
  4. D. hyperplastic polyp.
  5. E. juvenile polyp.
Hint

In the adenoma-carcinoma sequence, malignant potential rises with size, dysplasia grade and the proportion of one particular architecture.

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