Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp of the Stomach Mimicking Gastric Cancer.
- Author:
Kee Hwan KIM
1
;
Hak Jun SEO
;
Ji Il KIM
;
Chang Hyeok AHN
;
Jeong Soo KIM
;
Young Mi KU
;
Ok Ran SHIN
;
Eun Deok CHANG
;
Eun Jung LEE
;
Keun Woo LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, Korea.drbreast@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Inflammatory fibroid polyp;
Gastric cancer
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Gastrectomy;
Humans;
Leiomyoma*;
Lymph Node Excision;
Polyps*;
Stomach Neoplasms*;
Stomach*;
Ulcer;
Vomiting;
Weight Loss
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2003;65(1):72-75
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a rare case of inflammatory fibroid polyp of the stomach that mimicked gastric cancer. A review of the associated literature is also reported. A 32 year old woman was admitted to our hospital with a history of vomiting and epigastric pain and a weight loss of 10 kg in one month. A radiologic and an endoscopic examination showed a protruding tumor, with diffuse ulceration at the posterior wall of the prepyloric antrum of stomach. Although no malignant cells were histologically confirmed in the biopsy specimens, a subtotal gastrectomy, with a lymphadenectomy, was performed because gastric cancer was suspected, preoperatively. The histopathological diagnosis was an inflammatory fibroid polyp of the stomach. If a submucosal tumor of the stomach is suspected in a preoperative diagnosis, an inflammatory fibroid polyp should be considered as one of the possible differential diagnoses.
