Portal hypertensive polyps, a new entity?

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2016 May;108(5):279-80.

Abstract

We present a case of a 62 year old woman with history of liver cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune hepatitis, with portal hypertension and coagulopathy. Gastroscopy findings were a polypoid and polylobed lesions in the gastric antrum. These were removed and the pathological study described hyperplastic polyps with edema, vascular congestion and hyperplasia of smooth muscle, corresponding to "portal hypertensive polyps" (PHP).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / complications
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / complications*
  • Hypertension, Portal / pathology*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications
  • Liver Cirrhosis / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Polyps / pathology*
  • Pylorus / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*