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Citation:
Rezaee A, Bell D, Shah V, et al. WHO classification of anal canal tumours. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 01 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-50205
The World Health Organizatiοn classifies anal canal neoplasms into intraepithelial neoplasms and invasive neoplasms which are further divided to epithelial and non-epithelial tumours and secondary lesions:
Epithelial tumours
Non-epithelial tumours
Carcinoid tumours
Melanoma
Secondary tumours
- direct extension from adjacent organs: rectal, cervical, and prostate carcinomas
See also
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1. https://www.iarc.fr/en/publications/pdfs-online/pat-gen/bb2/BB2.pdf
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2. Leonard D, Beddy D, Dozois EJ. Neoplasms of anal canal and perianal skin. Clinics in colon and rectal surgery. 24 (1): 54-63. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1272824 - Pubmed
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3. Surabhi VR, Menias CO, Amer AM, Elshikh M, Katabathina VS, Hara AK, Baughman WC, Kielar A, Elsayes KM, Siegel CL. Tumors and Tumorlike Conditions of the Anal Canal and Perianal Region: MR Imaging Findings. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. 36 (5): 1339-53. doi:10.1148/rg.2016150209 - Pubmed
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