title: Diagnosis and management of gastroduodenal polyps.
abstract: Upper gastrointestinal polyps are rare but common in the gastrointestinal polyposis syndromes. Although the majority of upper gastrointestinal polyps have no prognostic importance, they must be distinguished from the minority with an associated cancer risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: R U
authors.initials: RU
authors.lastname: van Stolk
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy