Go Back To Test Kit List			PH 2: Lower Digestive System - 28 vials - $101
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