A Case of Gastritis Cystica Profunda with a Long Stalk Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
- Author:
Ji Eun YOON
1
;
Min Su KIM
;
Kyu Chol LEE
;
Hyo Jin PARK
;
Chan Il PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hjpark21@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Gastritis cystica profunda;
Gastrointestinal bleeding;
Polyp
- MeSH:
Dilatation;
Gastritis*;
Gastroenterostomy;
Hemorrhage*;
Humans;
Polyps;
Rare Diseases;
Stomach;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2007;35(3):186-189
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is a rare disease in which hyperplastic and cystic dilatation of the gastric mucous glands extend into the tissues beneath the submucosa. GCP is mainly observed at the site of a gastroenterostomy; however, it may occur in the stomach without a previous history of surgery. GCP may present not only as a submucosal tumor or as solitary or diffuse polyps but also rarely as a giant gastric mucosal fold. In a patient without a previous history of surgery, GCP presents mainly as a sessile polypoid protrusion or as a submucosal tumor. In addition, GCP presents with non-specific symptoms and is most commonly found incidentally. We present a case of GCP that developed upper gastrointestinal bleeding and showed a long stalk and a focal ulcerative lesion on the surface of a polyp that developed in the stomach without a history of previous surgery. This lesion was removed by the use of an endoscopic polypectomy and was histologically diagnosed as GCP.
