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 bu...

A 47-year-old man was referred to the Gastroenterology Department for investigation of a polypoid stomach mass detected incidentally at abdominal computed tomography (CT). The patient did not describe any history of gastric operation. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a broad-based polypoid mass, approximately 25mm in diameter, at the greater curvature of the corpus. The surface of the ...

INTRODUCTION Gastritis Cystica Profunda is a well recognized entity which may occur several years after previous gastric surgery. This is a premalignant condition and may lead on to carcinoma of the stomach. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 50-year-old man with epigastric pain and haematemesis. 28 years ago he had undergone partial gastrectomy and gastroenterostomy for benign gastric u...

AbsractGastritis cystic polyposa is a rare and peculiar polypoid lesion arising at a gastroenterostomysite, and almost always on the gastric side. It is characterized by elongationof the gastric foveolae along with hyperplasia and cystic dilatation of the gastricglands extending into the submucosal layer. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in a47-year-old woman without any history of gastric operation ...