title: Carcinoma in hyperplastic polyps of the stomach. An underestimated possibility. Case reports.
abstract: The formation of carcinoma in the hyperplastic gastric polyp is extremely rare. This paper presents two cases of carcinomas which developed in hyperplastic polyps of the stomach in a 39-year-old man and an 82-year-old man. The problem of malignant transformation of gastric hyperplastic polyps is stressed and discussed in the light of data in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orlowska
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tomecki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Butruk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008297:Male; D011127:Polyps / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery