"Polyps" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Discrete abnormal tissue masses that protrude into the lumen of the DIGESTIVE TRACT or the RESPIRATORY TRACT. Polyps can be spheroidal, hemispheroidal, or irregular mound-shaped structures attached to the MUCOUS MEMBRANE of the lumen wall either by a stalk, pedunculus, or by a broad base.
| Descriptor ID |
D011127
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.300.825
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polyps" by people in Profiles.
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Sporadic Fundic Gland Polyps and Gastric Acid Suppression Level. Am J Med Sci. 2017 12; 354(6):561-564.
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Plasma Cell Granuloma: An Entity within the Spectrum of IgG4-Related Disease. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2015; 45(3):340-3.
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Polyps with advanced neoplasia are smaller in the right than in the left colon: implications for colorectal cancer screening. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Dec; 10(12):1395-1401.e2.
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Variation of agreement in polyp size measurement between computed tomographic colonography and pathology assessment: clinical implications. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Feb; 6(2):220-7.
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Symptomatic esophageal hemangioma removed by EMR. Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Jan; 67(1):173-4.
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Vocal fold nodule vs. vocal fold polyp: answer from surgical pathologist and voice pathologist point of view. J Voice. 2004 Mar; 18(1):125-9.
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Male infertility due to a benign prostatic polyp. J Urol. 2000 Nov; 164(5):1659-60.
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Development of gastric dysplasia in pernicious anaemia: a clinical and endoscopic follow up study of 80 patients. Gut. 1990 Oct; 31(10):1105-9.
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Bilateral fallopian tubal polyps: radiologic and pathologic correlation. Urol Radiol. 1990; 12(2):120-2.