A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the colon or rectum. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include lipoma and leiomyoma. Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include carcinoma, lymphoma, and sarcoma. Colorectal adenomas always exhibit epithelial dysplasia and are considered premalignant neoplasms. [ NCIT:C2956 ]
Synonyms: Colorectal Neoplasm tumor of the large bowel colorectum tumor NEOPL COLORECTAL large intestinal neoplasm neoplasm of large bowel tumor of large bowel neoplasm of colorectum Neoplasms, Colorectal large bowel neoplasm neoplasm of the large bowel colorectal neoplasm Neoplasm, Colorectal large intestine neoplasm tumor of colorectum colorectum neoplasm Colorectal Neoplasms colorectum neoplasm (disease) COLORECTAL NEOPL large bowel tumor colorectal tumor large intestine tumor
Term information
- NCIt:C2956
- MSH:D015179
- OMIM:114500
- NCIT:C2956 (exact-label-match)
- MESH:D015179 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MONDO:0005335