Code | Name | Alternative Name | Description |
PH201 | Adenocarcinoma, colon | | a malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium of the colon; the main type of colon cancer |
PH202 | Adenocarcinoma, mucinous, colon | | a malignant tumor originating in the glandular tissue of the colon; the cancer cells secrete significant amounts of mucin |
PH203 | Adenoma with lymphoma, colon | | a benign and a cancerous tumour in the colon |
PH204 | Adenomatous polyp with cancer, colon | | a polyp that consists of abnormal but benign tissue growth, derived from glandular epithelium |
PH205 | Amoebic colitis, colon | | diarrhoea, inflammation and ulceration of the colon, as a result of infection with entamoeba histolytica |
PH206 | Appendicitis, acute | | inflammation of the vermiform appendix |
PH207 | Appendicitis, chronic obliterative | | inflammation of the vermiform appendix inflammation of the vermiform appendix with collapse of some tissues |
PH208 | Appendicitis, mucoid degeneration with fatty infiltration of submucosa | | degenerative disease of appendix, with excess amounts of fat |
PH209 | Appendicitis, necrotic | | inflammation of the vermiform appendix with dying tissue |
PH210 | Carcinoid tumour, appendix | | a tumour which secretes excessive amounts of the hormone serotonin (90% found in appendix) |
PH211 | Carcinoma, mucoid, fat in sub-mucosa, rectum | colorectal cancer | a malignant tumour arising from the cells lining the rectum, secreting significant amounts of mucin, with fat in the connective tissue |
PH212 | Colitis, chronic, colon | | chronic inflammation of the colon |
PH213 | Colon | | the part of the large intestine that extends from the end of the small intestine to the rectum |
PH214 | Colon wall with balantidium coli | | colon wall showing presence of balantidium coli, a parasite usually harmless in man but may invade and ulcerate the intestinal wall, producing a colitis resembling amoebic dysentery |
PH215 | Dysentery, amoebic, colon | | colon wall showing presence of entamoeba histolytica, with ulcerative inflammation |
PH216 | Dysentery, bacillary,colon | | an infection of the bowel caused by a bacterium called shigella |
PH217 | Endometriosis, colon | | the presence and growth of functioning ovarian endometrial tissue in the colon s that often results in severe pain and infertility |
PH218 | Juvenile polyp, colon | | a smoothly rounded mucosal hamartoma which may be multiple and cause rectal bleeding, especially in the first decade of life; not pre-cancerous |
PH219 | Leiomyoma, colon | | a benign tumor consisting of smooth muscle fibres |
PH220 | Melanoma, degenerative, rectum | | a malignant tumour of the rectum |
PH221 | Papilloma, colon | | benign tumour originating in epithelial cells of the colon |
PH222 | Papilloma, rectum | | benign tumour of epithelium of the rectum |
PH223 | Rectal smear | | a smear taken from the rectum, containing faeces, bacteria etc. |
PH224 | Rectum | | the last part of the large intestine |
PH225 | Tuberculous lesions, colon | | abnormal changes in the colon as a result of tuberculosis |
PH226 | Ulcerative colitis, colon | | chronic inflammation of the colon that produces ulcers in its lining; symptoms include abdominal pain, cramps, and loose discharges of pus, blood, and mucus from the bowel |
PH227 | Vasculitis, chronic, colon wall | chronic angiitis | chronic inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel of the bowel wall |
PH228 | Vasculitis, colon wall | angiitis | inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel of the bowel wall |
