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gastric hyperplastic polyp

These are the most common epithelial polyps of the stomach and are found throughout the stomach, ranging in size from a few millimeters to centimeters.

Association

- chronic gastritis

  • autoimmune gastritis

- Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis
- postantrectomy stomach

References

- Abraham SC, Singh VK, Yardley JH, Wu TT. Hyperplastic polyps of the stomach: associations with histologic patterns of gastritis and gastric atrophy. Am J Surg Pathol. 2001 Apr;25(4):500-7. PMID: 11257625