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  • Title: Gastric xanthoma with hyperplastic polyp: a case report.
    Author: Ashwini BR, Kiran T, Prakash G, Radhika N.
    Journal: J Indian Med Assoc; 2013 Jun; 111(6):404, 411. PubMed ID: 24761501.
    Abstract:
    Gastric xanthoma is uncommon lesion with a variably reported frequency. Hyperplastic polyps are commonest epithelial polyps in stomach. A rare case of simultaneous presence of xanthoma with hyperplastic polyp is reported. A 70-year-old female presented with dyspepsia and heartburn. Upper gastro-intestinal endoscopy showed multiple sessile small whitish polyps in stomach. Histopathological examination of the polyps-showed features of xanthoma with hyperplastic polyp in the mucosa with areas of intestinal metaplasia and occasional H pylori. There was no evidence of malignancy in the present case.
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