Gastritis cystica polyposa in an unoperated stomach, treated by endoscopic polypectomy

Gastritis cystic polyposa/profunda (GCP) is defined as a hyperplastic polyp that contains foci of misplaced foveolar and/or glandular epithelium in the muscularis mucosae or in the deeper portions of the submucosa or the muscularis propria [1-6]. The lesion called polyposa when an intraluminal polyp is present [1,2] and profunda when the cystic lesion located within the submucosa [3] and the bulk of the lesion is located within the wall of the stomach [1,2]. The GCP is an uncommon lesion that develops in patients who have undergone gastroenterostomy with or without gastric resection[36] especially for treatment of a benign lesion, e. g., gastric ulcer [4,5]. GCP may rarely found in an unoperated stomach [3-8]. GCP was also described as polypoid tumors developed in the gastric mucosa adjacent to Billroth-II stoma at first time [3]. These lesion typically occur in patients with chronic bile reflux-induced gastritis as a result of partial gastrectomy [1,2]. Nonetheless, GCP could be reCase Report