Transverse colon polyps are not necessarily cancerous, and only polyps with malignant tendency may develop into cancer. It is recommended to go to the hospital in time to confirm the diagnosis after pathological biopsy, and early treatment.
Transverse colon polyp is divided into tumor and non-tumor lesions, the typical symptoms are intestinal bleeding, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other intestinal irritation symptoms, the larger transverse colon polyp can also cause intussusception, intestinal obstruction and so on. The causes of transverse colon polyps mainly include inflammatory stimulation, heredity, gene mutation, etc. Long-term low-fiber diet, constipation, smoking, alcoholism, etc. are the triggering factors.
Treatment is mainly based on surgical treatment, which can be endoscopic or surgical resection. Neoplastic polyps are recognized as precancerous lesions, and adenomatous polyps with a diameter larger than 2 cm are also likely to become cancerous.
Therefore, pathological biopsy must be done to determine the nature of the polyp, and once the cancer is determined, it must be actively treated with the doctor.