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gastric polyps

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Types

- gastric Peutz-Jeghers polyp

Predisposition

- adenomatous gastric polyp in familial adenomatous polyposis coli (FAP)
- gastric Peutz-Jeghers polyp in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- gastric juvenile polyp in juvenile polyposis
- Cowden disease-associated gastric polyp
- Cronkhite-Canada syndrome-associated gastric polyp

References

- Oberhuber G, Stolte M. Gastric polyps: an update of their pathology and biological significance. Virchows Arch. 2000 Dec;437(6):581-90. PMID: 11193468

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