Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

polyp

Synonyms
Definitions

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. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID3881

Definition

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. [MeSH]

label

RID3881

May_Cause

http://radlex.org/RID/RID34399

http://radlex.org/RID/RID35054

http://radlex.org/RID/RID35612

Preferred_name

polyp

Preferred_name_German

Polyp

prefixIRI

RID3881

UMLS_ID

C0032584

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID3873

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