Antral hyperplastic polyp causing intermittent gastric outlet obstruction: Case report

Gencosmanoglu R., Sen-Oran E., Kurtkaya-Yapicier O., Tozun N.

BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.3, 2003 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 3
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/1471-230x-3-16
  • Title of Journal : BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY

Abstract

Background: Hyperplastic polyps are the most common polypoid lesions of the stomach. Rarely, they cause gastric outlet obstruction by prolapsing through the pyloric channel, when they arise in the prepyloric antrum.