Portal Hypertensive Gastric Polyps
Volume 1 - Issue 5
Umadevi Malladi*
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- Associate professor of Gastroenterology, India
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Dr. M. Uma Devi, Associate professor Department of Gastroenterology Department of Gastroenterology,
India
Received: December 04, 2018; Published: December 11, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/CTGH.2018.01.000123
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Abstract
Portal hypertension is associated with an increased number of gastric polyps, hence the term portal hypertension-associated
gastric polyps. Histopathological examination reveals mucosal hyperplasia and vascular proliferation. Formation may be due
to mucosal injury that is vascular in nature. Their malignant potential has not been fully elucidated; however, lesions can grow
to a large size. Patients with portal hypertension are at increased risk of post polypectomy bleeding and other complications of
polypectomy. Surveillance is likely to be safer than multiple polypectomies, therefore in patients with portal hypertension it is
essential that gastric polyps are photographed and biopsied during routine surveillance gastroscopies.
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