Gastric xanthoma with hyperplastic polyp: a case report.
Gastric xanthoma is uncommon lesion with a variably reported frequency. Hyperplastic polyps are commonest epithelial polyps in stomach. A rare case of simultaneous presence of xanthoma with hyperplastic polyp is reported. A 70-year-old female presented with dyspepsia and heartburn. Upper gastro-intestinal endoscopy showed multiple sessile small whitish polyps in stomach. Histopathological examination of the polyps-showed features of xanthoma with hyperplastic polyp in the mucosa with areas of intestinal metaplasia and occasional H pylori. There was no evidence of malignancy in the present case.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D011127:Polyps / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*