Colonic Polyps

"Colonic Polyps" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Discrete tissue masses that protrude into the lumen of the COLON. These POLYPS are connected to the wall of the colon either by a stalk, pedunculus, or by a broad base.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Colonic Polyps" by people in this website by year, and whether "Colonic Polyps" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 45 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2009
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