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 doesn't have a stalk then it is called sessile.

Polyp (medicine) Media

Micrograph of a colorectal hyperplastic polyp. H&E stain.*The characteristic feature of hyperplastic polyps is serration
Histopathology of a gastric hyperplastic polyp
Fundic Gland Polyp, Stomach (3295692096)
Micrograph of a sessile serrated adenoma (SSA) from the right colon removed during a colonoscopy. H&amp
Tubular adenoma 2 high mag
Traditional serrated adenoma intermed mag
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome polyp
Gastric juvenile polyp - 2 - very low mag
Inflammatory fibroid polyp - intermed mag
Micrograph of a Peutz–Jeghers colonic polyp – a type of hamartomatous polyp. H&E stain.

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