Incidence of fundic gland polyps in patients without familial adenomatous polyposis.
The incidence of fundic gland polyps was evaluated using a high-resolution videoendoscope. In 1388 upper gastrointestinal endoscopic studies, 26 cases of fundic gland polyps (1.9% of the studied cases) were found. None of these patients had evidence of familial adenomatous polyposis. Fifteen of these patients (58%) had a solitary polyp in the gastric body, most of which were small sessile polyps of less than 2 mm in diameter. The results of this study indicated that a small solitary fundic gland polyp is not a rare gastric lesion and that little relationship exists between these solitary fundic gland polyps and familial adenomatous polyposis.
Kinoshita
Y
Y
Department of Internal Medicine, Miki City Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
Tojo
M
M
Yano
T
T
Kitajima
N
N
Itoh
T
T
Nishiyama
K
K
Inatome
T
T
Fukuzaki
H
H
Watanabe
M
M
Chiba
T
T
D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology