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Polyp, juvenile
polyp or retention polyp, intestinal polyp
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- A small lump or nubbin of tissue that grows inward, from the bowel wall, into the intestinal tract. A large polyp sometimes blocks the food from passing down the intestinal tract.
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- The commonest symptom is bloody stool (bowel movement). This is bright red in appearance and painless in most cases.
- The usual age for this symptom to appear is between the ages of 3-5 years.
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- Unknown
- It may be caused by defective fetal tissue, when that tissue is forming the intestinal tract.
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- History of bright red blood in the stool
- Examination of the colon (large intestine) with a rectal instrument, called a sigmoidoscope, is usually successful in diagnosing this.
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- Inherited condition (genetic)
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- Removal of the polyp by passing a small grasping instrument through the sigmoidoscope
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- The colon polyp may later be associated with cancer of the colon, when the child becomes an adult.
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- See your physician for any rectal bleeding.
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- Tumors in the colon (rarely occurs)
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