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.

Polyp (medicine) Media

• Hyperplastic polyp1.jpg

  Micrograph of a colorectal hyperplastic polyp. H&E stain.*The characteristic feature of hyperplastic polyps is serration

• Histopathology of a gastric hyperplastic polyp.jpg

  Histopathology of a gastric hyperplastic polyp

• Fundic Gland Polyp, Stomach (3295692096).jpg

  Fundic Gland Polyp, Stomach (3295692096)

• Sessile serrated adenoma3.jpg

  Micrograph of a sessile serrated adenoma (SSA) from the right colon removed during a colonoscopy. H&amp

• Tubular adenoma 2 high mag.jpg

  Tubular adenoma 2 high mag

• Traditional serrated adenoma intermed mag.jpg

  Traditional serrated adenoma intermed mag

• Peutz-Jeghers syndrome polyp.jpg

  Peutz-Jeghers syndrome polyp

• Gastric juvenile polyp - 2 - very low mag.jpg

  Gastric juvenile polyp - 2 - very low mag

• Inflammatory fibroid polyp - intermed mag

• Peutz-Jeghers syndrome polyp.jpg

  Micrograph of a Peutz–Jeghers colonic polyp – a type of hamartomatous polyp. H&E stain.

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