PreviewColorectal polyps are common in adults over age 40. With the oldest baby boomers now approaching their 50th birthday, medical practices are going to be full of patients with polyps. Will you be able to tell which polyps may become cancerous? In this article, Dr Marshall describes the ...
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Colon polyps can be considered as the growth of cells on the lining of human colon (large intestine) and rectum. An individual can have one or more colon polyps. Normally they are harmless but if not cured in proper stages they can further develop into a colon cancer which can prove to ...
Polyps of the Colon and Rectum - Learn about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis & treatment from the Merck Manuals - Medical Consumer Version.
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Colon polyps are very common. They increase in prevalence as people age; by age 60, one-third or more of people will have at least one polyp. If a person has a colon polyp, he or she is more likely to have additional polyps elsewhere in the colon and is more likely to form new po...
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.The condition starts withfrecklesthat show up all over the body. It also causes colon polyps that can become cancer. Serrated polyposis syndrome.This causes a specific type ofpolyp, serrated adenomatous polyps, to grow in the upper part of the colon. They can turn into ...
Inherited conditions such as familial adenomatous polyposis and Gardner's syndrome can cause hundreds of polyps to grow in the colon and rectum. Without surgery to remove the affected section of the intestine, it is almost certain that at least one of these polyps will turn into cancer by ...
This study is based on a prospective survey of 212 autopsies that was conducted to determine the prevalence of colon adenomas in Barcelona, Spain. Adenomatous polyps were found in 21.7% of the patients (29.3% of the men and 12.5% of the women); multiple adenomas were found in 40% of the...
Colon polyps are small lumps of fleshy tissue that form on the lining of the colon. Although having colon polyps is very common...