Diseases

Villous Adenoma

An adenoma of the large intestine. It is usually a solitary, sessile, often large, tumor of colonic mucosa composed of mucinous epithelium covering delicate vascular projections. Hypersecretion and malignant changes occur frequently. (Stedman, 25th ed)

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An adenoma of the large intestine. It is usually a solitary, sessile, often large, tumor of colonic mucosa composed of mucinous epithelium covering delicate vascular projections. Hypersecretion and malignant changes occur frequently. (Stedman, 25th ed)

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  • Adenoma, Villous
  • Adenomas, Villous
  • Villous Adenomas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate with probably COLONIC NEOPLASMS

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  • Adenoma (1967-1993)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Villous Adenoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018253. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018253
  2. Villous Adenoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villous_adenoma
  3. Villous Adenoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7931125