title: Endoscopic polypectomy of a large inflammatory fibroid polyp of the stomach: a case report.
abstract: Gastric inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare benign submucosal tumor. It consists of mesenchymal and spindle-shaped cell proliferations with inflammatory cell infiltrations. With the widespread use of fiberoptic endoscopy, gastric polypoid lesions are being recognized with increasing frequency. Conventionally, they have been treated using surgical excision, after which accurate pathological diagnosis was obtained. Recently, endoscopic polypectomy has been widely used and has shown good results in both diagnosis and treatment of polypoid lesions of the stomach. We report a case in which a large symptomatic gastric IFP was successfully removed using single-channel endoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Leu
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Changchien
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chauh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011127:Polyps / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*