A 58-year-old man from rural India undergoes colonoscopy for anemia and is found to have a left-sided colonic mass. Biopsy shows adenocarcinoma with intact mucosa overlying the tumor. Which feature best distinguishes this polypoid growth pattern from an ulcerative (infiltrative) colorectal carcinoma?

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