Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Polyps: What Do We Know About Them?

• DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.7.2999
• Publication Date: 2015-10-14T02:18:21Z
• Authors: Kenan Buyukasik; Mert Mahsuni Sevinc; Umut Riza Gunduz; Aziz Ari; Bunyamin Gurbulak; Ahmet Burak Toros; Hasan Bektas
• Keywords: Hyperplastic Polyp; Gastric Polyp; Intestinal metaplasia; Chronic gastritis; Atrophic gastritis

Background: This study aimed to evaluate upper gastrointestinal polyps detected during esophago-gastroduodenoscopy tests. Materials and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis on data regarding 55,987 endoscopy tests performed at the unit of Istanbul Education Research Hospital between January 2006 June 2012. Results: A total 66 from 59 patients were analyzed. The most common clinical symptom was dyspepsia, observed in 41 cases (69.5%). localizations as follows: 29 antrum (43.9%), 15 corpus (22.7%), 11 cardia (16.7%), 3 fundus (4.54%), second portion duodenum 2 bulbus (3.03%) lower end esophagus (4.54%). Histopathological types included hyperplastic (44) (66.7%), faveolar hyperplasia (8) (12.1%), fundic gland (4) (6.06%), squamous cell hamartomatous (3) pyloric adenoma gastric mucosa showed chronic atrophic gastritis 30 (50.84%), HP infection 33 (55.9%) intestinal metaplasia 19 (32.20%). In with multiple polyps, adenocarcinoma polyps. Conclusions: Among polypoid lesions tract, histological type is Generally, associated metaplasia. incidence tends be higher