Polyps

Question 1

Examples of non-neoplastic polyps?

Answer 1

Hyperplastic polyps

Hamartomatous polyps

Question 2

Where are hyperplastic polyps?

Answer 2

Lesions very common in the sigmoid colon and rectum

Question 3

What are hyperplastic polyps?

Answer 3

Small and well-defined and have a very typical “serrated” appearance histologically

Question 4

Are hyperplastic polyps dangerous?

Answer 4

NO

Little consequence clinically but are often removed to exclude other pathology

Question 5

What is a hamartoma?

Answer 5

Tumour-like mass that contains a mixture of all different tissue types present within an organ

Question 6

Why do hamartomas occur?

Answer 6

Due to polyp syndromes

Or solitary lesions

Question 7

Which polyps present in children?

Answer 7

Juvenile polyps

-Big cystically dilated glands

Question 8

Example of a neoplastic polyps?

Answer 8

Adenomas

-Premalignant growth of glandular tissue

Question 9

The bigger the adenoma the….?

Answer 9

Greater the risk of developing cancer

Question 10

Where are neoplastic polyps most common?

Answer 10

Distal part of the colon and bowel cancer screening programmes aim to detect these