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Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Intestinal Diseases > Intestinal Polyposis

Preferred term

Intestinal Polyposis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome

Note

  • INTESTINAL POLYPS is also available; familial: consider also ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI

Scope note

  • The growth of INTESTINAL POLYPS. Growth processes include neoplastic (ADENOMA and CARCINOMA) and non-neoplastic (hyperplastic, mucosal, inflammatory, and other polyps).

History note

  • 2004; use INTESTINAL POLYPS 1996-2003; for CRONKHITE-CANADA SYNDROME use CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME 1992-1995

In other languages

  • suoliston polyyppitauti

    Finnish

  • Cronkhite-Canada
  • Cronkhite-Canadan oireyhtymä
  • Cronkhite-Canadan syndrooma
  • intestinaalinen polypoosi
  • polyposis intestinalis
  • suoliston polypoosi
  • Tarmpolypos

    Swedish

  • Cronkhite-Canada syndrom

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044483

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