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  • Polyps are defined as pathologic epithelial elevations of the aerodigestive and genitourinary tracts. This term describes any of the types of abnormal growths identified on or involving the colonic mucosa that protrude into the bowel lumen.

  • Polyps are of concern to clinicians due to their malignant potential depending on the histologic type of the polyp identified.

  • The primary histology of colonic polyps includes the following: adenomas, serrated polyps [including hyperplastic polyps and sessile serrated adenomas (SSAs)], hamartomas, and inflammatory polyps.

  • As some are neoplastic, they are the target of screening modalities (including colonoscopy, computed tomography (CT) colonography) to remove them prior to their malignant degeneration. Other polyp-like lesions, usually submucosal rather than mucosal in nature, such as carcinoids, leiomyomas, and lipomas, will be described and discussed in Chap. 49.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, D5248 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA

    Paul E. Wise MD

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  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    David E. Beck

  2. Department of Colorectal Surgery Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA

    Steven D. Wexner

  3. Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Tracy L. Hull

  4. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

    Patricia L. Roberts

  5. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center Professor of Surgery, Head, Maywood, Illinois, USA

    Theodore J. Saclarides

  6. Chairman, Surgical Disciplines, Central Michigan University School of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA

    Anthony J. Senagore

  7. Department of Surgery John E. Connolly Chair, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA

    Michael J. Stamos

  8. University of Washington Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Fort Lewis, Washington, USA

    Scott R. Steele

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Wise, P.E. (2014). Polyps. In: Beck, D., et al. The ASCRS Manual of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8450-9_36

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