pseudopolyp

pseudopolyp

 [soo″do-pol´ip]
a hypertrophied tab of mucous membrane resembling a polyp, but caused by ulceration surrounding intact mucosa.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

pseu·do·pol·yp

(sū'dō-pol'ip),
A projecting mass of granulation tissue, large numbers of which may develop in ulcerative colitis; may become covered by regenerating epithelium.
Synonym(s): inflammatory polyp
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pseudopolyp

(so͞o′dō-pŏl′ĭp)
n.
A projecting mass of granulation tissue, such as the masses that may develop in ulcerative colitis.
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pseudopolyp

An “island” of preserved colonic mucosa, surrounded by haemorrhagic ulcerated mucosa. Pseudopolyps are typical of ulcerative colitis, but may be seen in nonspecific inflammatory bowel disease, bacterial dysentery, amoebiasis due to Entamoeba histolytica and schistosomiasis.
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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.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

pseu·do·pol·yp

(sū'dō-pol'ip)
A projecting mass of granulation tissue, large numbers of which may develop in ulcerative colitis; may become covered by regenerating epithelium.
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