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==Juvenile polyp==
==Juvenile polyp==
*[[AKA]] ''retention polyp'' in adults.
{{Main|Juvenile polyp}}
===General===
May be part of a syndrome:
*[[Juvenile polyposis syndrome]] (JPS) - see JPS article for criteria.
*[[Cronkhite-Canada syndrome]].
*[[Cowden syndrome]].
 
===Gross===
*Mushroom-like shape.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD859>{{Ref PBoD|859}}</ref><ref name=pmid12692201>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bronner | first1 = MP. | title = Gastrointestinal inherited polyposis syndromes. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 16 | issue = 4 | pages = 359-65 | month = Apr | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1097/01.MP.0000062992.54036.E4 | PMID = 12692201 | url = http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v16/n4/full/3880773a.html }}</ref>
*Eroded, smooth or lobulated surface.
*Pedunculated.
*Increased lamina propria (LP) +/- edema.
*Cystically dilated gland.
*Often inflammed.
 
Mnemonic ''DIES'' = dilated glands, increased LP & inflammation of the LP, eroded/smooth surface, stalk.
 
Notes:
*May have nuclear changes like those seen in adenomatous polyps.
 
DDx:
*[[Inflammatory polyp]].
*[[Hyperplastic polyp of the stomach]] - less lamina propria, foveolar hyperplasia (long tortuous glands).
*[[Cronkhite-Canada syndrome]] - have changes in the surrounding mucosa, clinical findings (nail atrophy, skin pigment, alopecia).
 
====Images====
www:
*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v16/n4/fig_tab/3880773f4.html Juvenile polyp (nature.com)].
<gallery>
Image:Gastric_juvenile_polyp_-_very_low_mag.jpg | Juvenile polyp of the stomach - very low mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Gastric_juvenile_polyp_-_2_-_very_low_mag.jpg | Juvenile polyp of the stomach - very low mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
===IHC===
*Usually none.
 
Notes:
*IHC can be used if it is suspected to have dysplasia (p53, Ki-67).
**p53 mutations in dysplastic epithelium -- negative stain (normal).
 
===Sign out===
<pre>
RECTOSIGMOID POLYP, BIOPSY:
- RETENTION POLYP.
</pre>


==Peutz-Jeghers polyp==
==Peutz-Jeghers polyp==
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