Medical Definition of Hyperplastic gastric polyp
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Regeneration polyp, inflammatory polyp, most common type of gastric polyp (75-90%), histology: proliferated gastric mucosa with acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrates in lamina propria, location: randomly distributed in stomach, associated with, chronic atrophic gastritis, pernicious anaemia, findings: sharply delineated polyp with smooth circular border, Mexican hat sign: stalk seen en face overlying the head of the polyp, sessile/pedunculate; usually multiple, usually less than 1 cm, no contour defect in stomach
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperplastic Gastric Polyp
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