Endosonografía rectal en la evaluación de focos de cáncer en adenomas rectales* Rectal endosonography to detect occult carcinoma in villous adenoma

Background: Thirty to forty percent of villous adenomas can be an occult carcinoma. Even biopsy can miss the diagnosis. Rectal endosonography can be useful to detect these malignant tumors. Aim: To assess the usefulness of rectal endosonography to detect invasive carcinoma and eventual lymph node involvement in villous adenomas. Material and methods: Retrospective review of 1400 rectal endosonographies performed between years 2000 and 2006. Those cases in which a rectal villous adenoma was informed, that were subjected to surgical excision and that had a pathology report were included in the study. Results: