title: Cardiac glands hyperplastic polyp of the stomach.
abstract: Reported herein is a very rare polyp in the gastric cardia of a 49-year-old man. He was referred because of a polyp detected by upper gastrointestinal examination in an affiliated hospital. Endoscopic examination revealed a polyp-like submucosal tumor. Endoscopic ultrasonography revealed minute cystic dilatations and thickening of the submucosal layer. Accordingly, a preliminary diagnosis of cardiac gland hyperplasia was made. The lesion was removed successfully by snare polypectomy. Observed macroscopically, the polyp was 30 mm in diameter and covered with normal gastric mucosa. Examined histologically, the polyp comprised a hyperplastic submucosal cardiac gland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endoscopy, Hiroshima University, Higashi, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haruma
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chayama
mesh_terms: D002299:Cardia / Q000473:pathology; D019160:Endosonography; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy