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Carcinoma in hyperplastic polyps of the stomach. An underestimated possibility. Case reports
J Orlowska1, R Tomecki, E Butruk
1Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
Abstract:
The formation of carcinoma in the hyperplastic gastric polyp is extremely rare. This paper presents two cases of carcinomas which developed in hyperplastic polyps of the stomach in a 39-year-old man and an 82-year-old man. The problem of malignant transformation of gastric hyperplastic polyps is stressed and discussed in the light of data in the literature.