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Sporadic diffuse gastric polyposis: Report of a case

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A 50-year-old woman was admitted because of severe sideropenic anemia. The gastrin levels were within normal ranges. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed diffuse gastric polyposis with signs of diffuse oozing. Colonoscopy showed the presence of a 3-cm wide pedunculated polyp of the ascending colon, which was removed by diathermy. The patient was treated by total gastrectomy with Roux-Y esophagojejunostomy. Histological examination showed the presence of diffuse gastric polyposis with the contemporary occurrence of hyperplastic polyps and mixed hyperplastic and adenomatous polyps, with a tubular pattern and the focal aspect of serrate adenoma. This is the first case report of sporadic diffuse hyperplastic and adenomatous polyposis of the stomach.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Polo Pontino, Hospital “A. Fiorini”, Latina, Italy

    Erasmo Spaziani, Annalisa Di Filippo & Francesco De Angelis

  2. Department of Surgery, Civil Hospital “P. Colombo”, Rome, Italy

    Marcello Picchio

  3. Department of Surgery, General Hospital “Nuova Itor”, Rome, Italy

    Piero Narilli

  4. Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Polo Pontino, “I.C.O.T.”, Latina, Italy

    Claudio Di Cristofano, Vincenzo Petrozza & Giuseppe Ragona

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    Marcello Picchio

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Spaziani, E., Picchio, M., Di Filippo, A. et al. Sporadic diffuse gastric polyposis: Report of a case. Surg Today 41, 1428–1431 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-010-4440-8

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