GIANT HETEROTOPIC GASTRIC POLYP IN THE JEJUNUM

Authors
NOWAK M DEPPISCH L
Citation
M. Nowak et L. Deppisch, GIANT HETEROTOPIC GASTRIC POLYP IN THE JEJUNUM, Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine, 122(1), 1998, pp. 90-93
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,"Medical Laboratory Technology
Journal title
Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine
ISSN journal
00039985 → ACNP
Volume
122
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
90 - 93
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9985(1998)122:1<90:GHGPIT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Polypoid lesions composed of gastric mucosa in the jejunum are rare. T he vast majority of cases of ectopic gastric tissue occur in the duode num. In this article, we present a case of heterotopic gastric mucosa forming a giant polyp in the mid jejunum. A review of the literature i s presented, and the clinical and pathologic features of this unusual lesion are discussed.