title: Portal hypertensive polyps, a new entity?
abstract: We present a case of a 62 year old woman with history of liver cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune hepatitis, with portal hypertension and coagulopathy. Gastroscopy findings were a polypoid and polylobed lesions in the gastric antrum. These were removed and the pathological study described hyperplastic polyps with edema, vascular congestion and hyperplasia of smooth muscle, corresponding to "portal hypertensive polyps" (PHP).
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, España.
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martín Domínguez
authors.affiliation: Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, España.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díaz Méndez
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, españa.
authors.forename: Cecilio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Santander
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, España.
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García-Buey
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000473:pathology*; D011708:Pylorus / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*