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Hamartomatous polyposis

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Polyp-like protrusions which are histologically hamartomas. These can occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Hamartomatous polyps are composed of the normal cellular elements of the gastrointestinal tract, but have a markedly distorted architecture. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17768394 ]

Term info

Label

Hamartomatous polyposis

Synonyms
  • Gastrointestinal hamartoma
  • Hamartomatous polyps
database cross reference
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Patients with Cowden-Syndrom for example often have multiple hamartomatous gastrointestinal polyps.

created by

peter

creation date

2008-03-18T09:04:00Z

has obo namespace

human_phenotype

has related synonym

Gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps

id

HP:0004390

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