[Telangiectatic anastomoses polyp of the stomach].
Teleangiectatic polyps (TP) of the stomach arise from granulation OFFsue mostly in elderly people in the area of gastrojejunostomy decades after surgery. During endoscopy usually polyps of a size up to 2 cm can be found with a diffuse erosion of the surface and bleeding immediately upon being touched; this may cause the clinical symptomatology of acute gastric bleeding or chronic anemia as a consequence of blood loss. TP has to be differentiated in the first line from gastric carcinoma. Therapy is difficult especially in patients with big polyps because of the bleeding tendency, 5 case reports of TP are given.
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005756:Gastritis / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000473:pathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000473:pathology; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000473:pathology*
Teleangiektatischer Anastomosenpolyp des Magens.