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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]

Overview

The cause of colon polyps has not been identified. To review risk factors for the development of colon polyps, click here.

The exact etiology of colon polyps is unknown.^[1]^[2]
There are many genetic and environmental risk factors which increase the risk of development of colon polyps.
To review risk factors for the development of colon polyps, click here.

↑ Li SC, Burgart L (2007). "Histopathology of serrated adenoma, its variants, and differentiation from conventional adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps". Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 131 (3): 440–5. doi:10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[440:HOSAIV]2.0.CO;2. PMID 17516746.
↑ Shussman, N.; Wexner, S. D. (2014). "Colorectal polyps and polyposis syndromes". Gastroenterology Report. 2 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1093/gastro/got041. ISSN 2052-0034.