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hyperplastic polyps

Friday 11 March 2005

Definition : Hyperplastic polyps (HPs) are common, typically diminutive mucosal lesions of the colon and rectum which, until recently, were widely viewed as nonneoplastic and unrelated to colorectal carcinoma (CRC).

Predisposition syndromes

 hyperplastic polyposis

Localization

 gastric hyperplastic polyp
 colorectal hyperplastic polyp

See also

 hyperplastic polyp-like polyps
 serrated adenoma