INCIDENCE OF FUNDIC GLAND POLYPS IN PATIENTS WITHOUT FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS

The incidence of fundic gland polyps was evaluated using a high-resolu tion videoendoscope. In 1388 upper gastrointestinal endoscopic studies , 26 cases of fundic gland polyps (1.9% of the studied cases) were fou nd. None of these patients had evidence of familial adenomatous polypo sis. Fifteen of these patients (58%) had a solitary polyp in the gastr ic body, most of which were small sessile polyps of less than 2 mm in diameter. The results of this study indicated that a small solitary fu ndic gland polyp is not a rare gastric lesion and that little relation ship exists between these solitary fundic gland polyps and familial ad enomatous polyposis.