Key facts
- Specialty
- Pathology
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- neoplasm
- Image
- Polyp-2.jpeg
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- Polyp (medicine)
- Commons category
- Polyps (medicine)
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3340
- health specialty
- pathology
- anatomical location
- mucous membrane
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Encyclopedic overview
A polyp is an abnormal growth of tissue projecting from a mucous membrane. Polyps are commonly found in the colon, stomach, nose, ear, sinus(es), urinary bladder, and uterus. They may also occur elsewhere in the body where there are mucous membranes, including the cervix, vocal folds, and small intestine.
If it is attached by a narrow elongated stalk, it is said to be pedunculated; if it is attached without a stalk, it is said to be sessile.
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