Which of the following colonic polyps has no risk far malignancy
Correct Answer: Juvenile polyps
Description: .Juvenile Polyps * Commonest polyp of colorectum in infants and children. * Can cause intussusception, prolapse through rectum, bleeding.* Colonoscopic polypectomy is done. * Not a pre-malignant condition. PEUTZ-JEGHER'S POLYP is common in small intestine (jejunum) * Features are multiple, familial, hamaomatous intestinal polyps. * Asssociated with melaenosis of the oral mucosa, lips (lower lip) and occasionally digits (not in tongue). * Microscopically it contains tree like branching filaments of mucosa with smooth muscle wall. * It can occasionally turn into malignancy FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYP (FAP) * It is inherited as an autosomal dominant neoplastic condition (chromosome no. 5 * It is familial with a high potential for malignant transformation. ref:SRB&;s manual of surgery,ed 3,pg no 834
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