Biomaterial Database

[Colonic polyp and colonic polyposis]. 1971

J Kewenter

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006965	Hyperplasia	An increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ without tumor formation. It differs from HYPERTROPHY, which is an increase in bulk without an increase in the number of cells.	Hyperplasias
D007417	Intestinal Polyps	Discrete abnormal tissue masses that protrude into the lumen of the INTESTINE. A polyp is attached to the intestinal wall either by a stalk, pedunculus, or by a broad base.	Intestinal Polyp,Polyp, Intestinal,Polyps, Intestinal
D010580	Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome	A hereditary disease caused by autosomal dominant mutations involving CHROMOSOME 19. It is characterized by the presence of INTESTINAL POLYPS, consistently in the JEJUNUM, and mucocutaneous pigmentation with MELANIN spots of the lips, buccal MUCOSA, and digits.	Lentiginosis, Perioral,Periorificial Lentiginosis Syndrome,Peutz-Jegher's Syndrome,Peutz-Jeghers Polyposis,Polyposis, Hamartomatous Intestinal,Polyps-and-Spots Syndrome,Hamartomatous Intestinal Polyposes,Hamartomatous Intestinal Polyposis,Intestinal Polyposes, Hamartomatous,Intestinal Polyposis, Hamartomatous,Lentiginoses, Perioral,Perioral Lentiginoses,Perioral Lentiginosis,Periorificial Lentiginosis Syndromes,Peutz Jegher's Syndrome,Peutz Jeghers Polyposis,Peutz Jeghers Syndrome,Peutz-Jegher Syndrome,Polyposes, Hamartomatous Intestinal,Polyposis, Peutz-Jeghers,Polyps and Spots Syndrome,Polyps-and-Spots Syndromes,Syndrome, Periorificial Lentiginosis,Syndrome, Peutz-Jegher's,Syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers,Syndrome, Polyps-and-Spots,Syndromes, Periorificial Lentiginosis,Syndromes, Polyps-and-Spots
D011230	Precancerous Conditions	Pathological conditions that tend eventually to become malignant.	Preneoplastic Conditions,Condition, Preneoplastic,Conditions, Preneoplastic,Preneoplastic Condition,Condition, Precancerous,Conditions, Precancerous,Precancerous Condition
D003108	Colonic Diseases	Pathological processes in the COLON region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE).	Colonic Disease,Disease, Colonic,Diseases, Colonic
D004715	Endometriosis	A condition in which functional endometrial tissue is present outside the UTERUS. It is often confined to the PELVIS involving the OVARY, the ligaments, cul-de-sac, and the uterovesical peritoneum.	Endometrioma,Endometriomas,Endometrioses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man