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Abstract
The term polyp referes to any circumscribed mass of tissue that arises from the mucosa and prot¬rudes into the lumen of the intestine • It is a clin¬ical term with no histological significance • Polyps are classified as : neoplastic (tubular adenoma, villous adenoma and tubulovillous adenoma ); hamartomas (juvenile polyps and peutz-Jeghers polyps) inflammatory (benign lymphoid polyps and pseudopolyps) and unclassified (the hyperplastic polyps) • ClinicallY,intestinal polyposis are manifested by abdominal pain and discomfort, rectal bleeding or blood stained stoQls, diarrhoea and mucous discharge and sometimes intestinal obstruction • occasionally , a large polyp with long pedicle may protrude through the anus • General examination usually reveales anaemia, weight loss and general debelity • Many methods are suggested to achieve an early detection of intestinal polyposis • These methods are early reference of patient with suspicious symptoms to hospital, Hemoccult test, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) assay, Carcino antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) assay, colo¬noscopy with mucosal biopsies and surveillance of family