cap polyposis
MONDO:0015565Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cap polyposis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Cap polyposis (CP) is a rare colorectal disease characterized by multiple inflammatory polyps that predominantly affect the rectosigmoid area and that manifests primarily as rectal bleeding with abnormal transit, constipation and diarrhea.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015565), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
8 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Colorectal polyposisHPOHP:0200063
- Obligate (100% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Atrophic gastritisHPOHP:0002582
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ConstipationHPOHP:0002019
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- HematocheziaHPOHP:0002573
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abdominal distentionHPOHP:0003270
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DiarrheaHPOHP:0002014
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Weight lossHPOHP:0001824
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: cap polyposis
- Also called
- Cap inflammatory polyposiseroded polypoid hyperplasiainflammatory myoglandular polypspolypoid prolapsing folds