Polyp (medicine)
A polyp is a growth of tissue in areas such as the colon, stomach, nose and ear. It has a stalk which attaches the growth. If it does not have a stalk then it is called sessile.
Other websites
- ASGE Website dedicated to colon cancer awareness and early detection.
- ASGE Website educating the public about endoscopy.
- National Institutes of Health polyp website Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
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| Pathology: tumors (and related structures), cancer, and oncology (C00-D48) |
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| Benign - Premalignant - Carcinoma in situ - Malignant |
| Topography |
| Anus - Bladder - Bone - Brain - Breast - Cervix - Colon/rectum - Duodenum - Endometrium - Esophagus - Eye - Gallbladder - Head/Neck - Heart - Hypopharynx - Liver - Larynx - Lung - Mouth - Pancreas - Penis - Prostate - Kidney - Ovaries - Salivary gland - Skin - Spinal - Stomach - Testicles - Thyroid - Urethra - Vagina - Vulva |
| Morphology |
| Papilloma/carcinoma - Cholangiocarcinoma - Choriocarcinoma - Adenoma/adenocarcinoma - Soft tissue sarcoma - Melanoma - Fibroma/fibrosarcoma - Metastasis - Lipoma/liposarcoma - Leiomyoma/leiomyosarcoma - Rhabdomyoma/rhabdomyosarcoma - Mesothelioma - Angioma/angiosarcoma - Osteoma/osteosarcoma - Chondroma/chondrosarcoma - Glioma - Lymphoma/leukemia |
| Treatment |
| Surgery - Chemotherapy - Radiation therapy - Immunotherapy - Experimental cancer treatment |
| Related structures |
| Cyst - Dysplasia - Hamartoma - Neoplasia - Nodule - Polyp - Pseudocyst |
| Misc |
| Tumor suppressor genes/oncogenes - Staging/grading - Carcinogenesis/metastasis - Carcinogen - Research - Paraneoplastic phenomenon - ICD-O - List of oncology-related terms |