Gastric xanthoma with hyperplastic polyp: a case report
Ashwini, B.R.; Kiran, T.; Prakash, G.; Radhika, N.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association 111(6): 404 411
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5847 PMID: 24761501 Document Number: 669356
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.