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 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 3
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/1471-230x-3-16
  • Journal Name: BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

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.