A polyp is an abnormal growth of tissue projecting from a mucous membrane. If it is attached to the surface by a narrow elongated stalk, it is said to...

Look up polyp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polyp may refer to: Polyp (zoology) Polyp (medicine) Polyp (cartoonist) This disambiguation page lists...

A hyperplastic polyp is a type of gastric polyp or colorectal polyp. Most hyperplastic polyps are found in the distal colon and rectum. They have no malignant...

An endometrial polyp or uterine polyp is a mass in the inner lining of the uterus. They may have a large flat base (sessile) or be attached to the uterus...

A colorectal polyp is a polyp (fleshy growth) occurring on the lining of the colon or rectum. Untreated colorectal polyps can develop into colorectal cancer...

Nasal polyps are noncancerous growths within the nose or sinuses. Symptoms include trouble breathing through the nose, loss of smell, decreased taste,...

A cervical polyp is a common benign polyp or tumour on the surface of the cervical canal. They can cause irregular menstrual bleeding but often show no...

derived term, nabothian is not spelled with a capital first letter. Cyst Polyp (medicine) "Dorlands Medical Dictionary:nabothian cysts". Weschler, Toni (2002)...

A pulp polyp, also known as chronic hyperplastic pulpitis, is a "productive" (i.e., growing) inflammation of dental pulp in which the development of granulation...

genetic disorder characterized by the development of benign hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract and hyperpigmented macules on the lips and...

medicine, a polypectomy is the surgical removal of an abnormal growth of tissue called a polyp. Polypectomy can be performed by excision if the polyp...

Hirschsprung's disease (aganglionosis) Intussusception Polyp (medicine) (see also colorectal polyp) Pseudomembranous colitis Toxic megacolon usually a complication...

condition in which numerous adenomatous polyps form mainly in the epithelium of the large intestine. While these polyps start out benign, malignant transformation...

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which may include identifying issues such as ulceration or precancerous polyps, and to enable the opportunity for biopsy or the removal of suspected colorectal...

Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical...

clinical situations." In February 1973, NEJM published the first report of polyp removal using a colonoscope and introduced a procedure during screening...

An otic polyp is a benign proliferation of chronic inflammatory cells associated with granulation tissue, in response to a longstanding inflammatory process...

An inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is an uncommon digestive system tumor. J. Vanek initially identified it as a separate pathological entity in 1949...

adenocarcinoma (colon cancer). They often manifest as colorectal polyps. In contrast to hyperplastic polyps, these display dysplasia.[citation needed] Tubulovillous...

of polyps that are attached to the sea floor. All the polyps and jellyfish arising from a single planula are genetically identical clones. The polyps form...

formation of cancer. Other risk factors include large (>1 cm) gallbladder polyps and having a highly calcified "porcelain" gallbladder. Cancer of the gallbladder...

respirology, respiratory medicine, or chest medicine in some countries and areas. Pulmonology is considered a branch of internal medicine, and is related to...

gallbladder and biliary tract disease, hepatitis, pancreatitis, colitis, colon polyps and cancer, nutritional problems, and many more. Citing from Egyptian papyri...

peduncle; a sessile mass or structure lacks a stalk. In medicine, a mass such as a cyst or polyp is said to be pedunculated if it is supported by a peduncle...

turbinate hypertrophy Nasal septum deviation Chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps Sinusitis – acute, chronic Environmental allergies Rhinitis Pituitary tumor...

defect in this segment of a colon has generated four polyps (labeled with the size of the polyps, 6mm, 5mm, and two of 3mm, and a cancer about 3 cm across...

species produce colonies that are single organisms composed of medusa-like or polyp-like zooids, or both (hence they are trimorphic). Cnidarians' activities...

general medicine, a spindle cell may refer to the spindle-shaped cells that are found in certain types of tumor: Inflammatory fibroid polyp Pigmented...

cauterization of a bleeding vessel, widening a narrow esophagus, clipping off a polyp or removing a foreign object. Specialty professional organizations that...