Adenomatous Gastric Polyp - Endoscopy Polypectomy

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Gastroenterology

Case description

Symptomatic gastric polyps should be removed preferentially when they are detected at the initial diagnostic endoscopy Polypectomy not only provides tissue to determine the exact histopathologic type of the polyp, but also achieves radical treatment. Gastric polyps may be single or multiple, and pedunculated or sessile in form. It is rare for a gastric polyp to grow to more that a few centimetres in diameter. Generally, they are asymptomatic but can produce haemorrhage, abdominal pain or obstruction of the pyloric canal. Usually a gastric polyp is an incidental findings on radiological or endoscopic investigation. They probably account for a very small proportion of gastric carcinomas but should nevertheless receive regular endoscopic follow-up.

tags: polyp endoscopy polypectomy stomach

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