Meanings of gastric polyps in English

Aim: To investigate histological characteristics of gastric polyps in the Korean population.

Only three cases of prolapsing gastric polyps causing acute pancreatitis have been reported.

There were two cases of gastric cancer that developed from benign gastric polyps.

Methods: All gastric polyps excised by snare polypectomy were evaluated.

GNAS1 mutation is not a frequent molecular event in GEP-NETs or hyperplastic gastric polyps.

Conclusions: The risk of bleeding after endoscopic resection of gastric polyps was 7%.

Polypectomy is required for gastric polyps because of their potential for malign transformation according to medical evidence.

FAP patients with gastric polyps should undergo regular EGD, particularly for the early detection of duodenal neoplasia.

Results: A total of 85 gastric polyps from 74 patients were reviewed.

This report describes a patient diagnosed with three concurrent hyperplastic gastric polyps that were studied for genetic alterations.

The follow-up was complicated by the development of gastric polyps at the site of previous biopsies that spontaneously disappeared within 15 months.

Patients with gastric polyps showed a correlation with the occurrence of duodenal neoplasm (odds ratio, 2.814; p=0.024).

Although most patients with gastric polyps are asymptomatic, these are important due to their malign potential, and gastric cancer may develop if left untreated.

Methods: We reviewed endoscopic photographs and medical records of patients with gastric polyps who underwent endoscopic mucosal resection from April 1996 through February 2003.