What is the harm of intestinal polyps to the body? Rectal polyps generally refer to the protrusive lesions protruding from the surface of rectal mucosa to the intestinal cavity, including adenomas (including villous adenomas), childhood polyps, inflammatory polyps and polyposis. From the pathological point of view, its content is different, some are benign tumors, some are the consequences of inflammatory proliferation. However, because the naked eye looks similar, so the general meaning of the disease 'polyp' has been used to. Rectum is the common location of polyps, and it is more easy to find and deal with, so people pay attention to it.
Any neoplasm on the mucosa of large intestine protruding to the intestinal cavity, regardless of its size, shape and histological type, is collectively referred to as' polyp 'or' multiple polyp ', also known as' polyposis', which belongs to the category of tumor, part of which is carcinoid; it is between benign tumor and malignant tumor [cancer]. Pathological examination can be divided into tubular adenoma, villous adenoma and tubular villous (mixed type) adenoma, adenomatous polyps (including papillary adenoma) are the most common, inflammatory polyps, intestinal mucosa stimulated by long-term inflammation proliferation, hamartomatous polyps, others, such as mucosal hypertrophy, hyperplasia, lymphoid tissue hyperplasia, carcinoid and other diseases. Clinically, polyps can be single or multiple, most of which are colorectal polyps with obvious symptoms.