pseudopolyp /pseu·do·pol·yp/ (-pol´ip) a hypertrophied tab of mucous membrane resembling a polyp.
pseudopolyp
pseudopolyp
pseu·do·pol·yp (s  d -p l  p)n. A projecting mass of granulation tissue, such as the masses that may develop in ulcerative colitis. |
pseudopolyp
[-pol′ip]
a projecting mass of granulation tissue that may develop in ulcerative colitis and become covered by regenerating epithelium.
pseudopolyp
a hypertrophied tab of mucous membrane resembling a polyp, but caused by ulceration surrounding intact mucosa.
pseudopolyp
An 'island' of preserved colonic mucosa, surrounded by an ulcerated 'sea' of hemorrhagic mucosa; pseudopolyps are typical of ulcerative colitis, but may be seen in IBD, bacterial dysentery, amebiasis due to
Entamoeba histolytica and schistosomiasis. Cf Polyp.
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