A 64-year-old woman presented to the emergency room in March 1997 with a 3-month history of intermittent, right-lower-quadrant cramps occurring approximately 30 minutes postprandially. These cramps ...

Researchers thought calcium supplementation might reduce development of precancerous colorectal polyps. It didn't. Calcium supplementation alone more than doubled the risk for serrated sessile ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tamoxifen use in the treatment of breast cancer was associated with greater risks for endometrial cancer, ...

A: Serrated adenomas are polyps that simultaneously demonstrate the serrated architecture typical of hyperplastic polyps and the epithelial dysplasia of conventional adenomas. They are a subset of a ...

A research group form the United States investigated how proximal colon polyps interpreted as hyperplastic polyps in 2001 would be interpreted by expert pathologists in 2007. They found that many ...

Background. A 38-year-old female presented with a 3-year history of postprandial abdominal pain, refractory nausea, vomiting and hematemesis. She appeared malnourished and her symptoms were refractory ...

Most people need to get a colonoscopy every 10 years, starting at age 45. Everyone who gets a colonoscopy also gets a report. If there were no polyps, your report will state normal or negative. This ...

Uterine polyps, also called endometrial polyps, are small, soft growths on the inside of a woman’s uterus, or womb. They come from the tissue that lines the uterus, called the endometrium. They can ...