Gastric polypectomies in our department. Analysis of 198 specimens from 166 patients
Z Visnyei, B Tolmácsi, K Rusznyák, E Schafer, T Szamosi, I Csizmazia, B Nádas, M Varsányi, K Rábai, F Zsigmond, R Kovács, K Bartók, M Jackel, J Banai, T Gyökeres · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2011 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Background: 1–4% of patients who undergo gastric biopsy have gastric polyps. The two most common gastric polyps are the hyperplastic polyps which arise in patients with underlying gastritis and the fundic-gland polyps which are associated with long term PPI therapy. It has been reported that the risk of gastric polyp is increased in various colonic polyposis syndromes. The risk of colorectal adenocarcinoma increases significantly in patients with gastric cancer. Aims: To analyze the frequency of gastric polypoid lesions in our patient population and to evaluate association of gastric polyps with colon polyps. Ma…
