"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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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polyps" by people in Profiles.
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Tan AJ, Su KA, Deng A, Belazarian L. A solitary polypoid papulonodule on the knee of a 13-year-old girl. Pediatr Dermatol. 2024 Mar-Apr; 41(2):334-335.
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Evans JA, Chandrasekhara V, Chathadi KV, Decker GA, Early DS, Fisher DA, Foley K, Hwang JH, Jue TL, Lightdale JR, Pasha SF, Sharaf R, Shergill AK, Cash BD, DeWitt JM. The role of endoscopy in the management of premalignant and malignant conditions of the stomach. Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 Jul; 82(1):1-8.
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Budhraja V. Patients don't know their polyps, but do they know when to repeat colonoscopy? Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Nov; 11(11):1522.
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Corwin MT, Siewert B, Sheiman RG, Kane RA. Incidentally detected gallbladder polyps: is follow-up necessary?--Long-term clinical and US analysis of 346 patients. Radiology. 2011 Jan; 258(1):277-82.
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Nelson DB, Bosco JJ, Curtis WD, Faigel DO, Kelsey PB, Leung JW, Mills MR, Smith P, Tarnasky PR, VanDam J, Wassef WY. ASGE technology status evaluation report. Endoscopic retrieval devices. February 1999. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 1999 Dec; 50(6):932-4.
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Ferrucci JT. Gastric polyps followed 20 years. JAMA. 1967 Jan 16; 199(3):207-9.