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Fundic gland polyposis is a medical syndrome where the fundus and the body of the stomach develop many fundic gland polyps.The condition has been described both in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and attenuated variants (AFAP), and in patients in whom it occurs sporadically.
A fundic gland polyp is a type of polyp, found in the fundus of the stomach. Fundic gland polyps are found in 0.8 to 1.9% of patients who undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and are more common in middle-aged women. [2] The risk of malignancy is very low or none, when sporadic. [3]
Adenomatous polyps, or adenomas, are polyps that grow on the lining of the colon and which carry a high risk of cancer. The adenomatous polyp is considered pre-malignant , i.e., likely to develop into colon cancer . [ 14 ]
From early adolescence, patients with this condition gradually (and much of the time asymptomatically) develop hundreds to thousands of colorectal polyps (and sometimes polyps elsewhere)—small abnormalities at the surface of the intestinal tract, especially in the large intestine including the colon or rectum.
Most hyperplastic polyps are found in the distal colon and rectum. [2] They have no malignant potential, [2] which means that they are no more likely than normal tissue to eventually become a cancer. [citation needed] Hyperplastic polyps on the right side of the colon do exhibit a malignant potential.
Solitary juvenile polyps most commonly occur in the rectum and present with rectal bleeding. The World Health Organization criteria for diagnosis of juvenile polyposis syndrome are one of either: More than five juvenile polyps in the colon or rectum; or; Juvenile polyps throughout the gastrointestinal tract; or
An inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is an uncommon digestive system tumor. [1] J. Vanek initially identified it as a separate pathological entity in 1949 when he reported six case reports of eosinophilic infiltration in gastric submucosal granulomas. [2]
Barium X-ray examinations are useful tools for the study of appearance and function of the parts of the gastrointestinal tract. They are used to diagnose and monitor esophageal reflux, dysphagia, hiatus hernia, strictures, diverticula, pyloric stenosis, gastritis, enteritis, volvulus, varices, ulcers, tumors, and gastrointestinal dysmotility, as well as to detect foreign bodies.