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Polyps With No Names or With Obscure Names


Henry D. Appelman
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI


References

It is almost impossible to find references to things that have no names. If they had names, then they would have references, and they would not be the subject of this discussion. Anyway, here are some references to a few things that got names recently:
  1. Whitelaw SC, Murday VA, Tomlinson IPM, et al. Clinical and molecular features of the hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. Gastroenterol. 112:327-334, 1997. This describes a family that makes mixed juvenile-adenomatous-hyperplastic polyps-------or something!.
  2. Kelly JK. Polypoid prolapsing mucosal folds in diverticular disease. Am J Surg Pathol. 15:871-878, 1991
  3. Nakamura S-I, Kino I, Akagi T. Inflammatory myoglandular polyps of the colon and rectum. A clinicopathological study of 32 pedunculated polyps distinct from other types of polyps. Am J Surg Pathol. 16:772-779, 1992 (these look like juvenile polyps with smooth muscle in the center, and they occur in adults.)
  4. Burke AP, Sobin LH: Eroded polypoid hyperplasia of the rectosigmoid. Am J Gastroenterol. 85:975-980, 1990
  5. Tendler DA, Aboudola S, Zacks JF, et al: Prolapsing mucosal polyps: an underrecognized for of colonic polyp---a clinicopathological study of 15 cases. Am J Gastroetnerol. 97:370-376, 2002
  6. Chetty R, Bhathal PS, Slavin JL: Prolapse-induced inflammatory polyps of the colorectum and anal transitional zone. Histopathol. 23:63-67, 1993
  7. Campbell AP, Cobb CA, Chapman RWG, et al: Cap polyposis—an unusual cause of diarrhea.. Gut. 34:562-564, 1993
  8. Franzin G Scarpa A Dina R Zamboni G Frattoni A. Transitional polyps of the colon. Endoscopy 14(5):174-5, 1982
  9. Heilmann KL, Schmidbauer G, Schyma G. The transitional polyp of the colorectal mucosa. Path Res Pract. 182:690-693, 1987