[Benign gastric tumors. Unusual forms. Therapeutic considerations]

The authors present a study preformed on 38 patients with benign gastric tumours, representing 8.4% of the total number of gastric neoformations. Aspects related to the site of the tumours are discussed, as well as data concerning frequency, clinical and radiologic aspects, histologic characteristics, and the possible relationship with gastric cancers. A series of cases are described, the particularities of which may lead to diagnosis errors, and aspects are discussed in relation to surgical treatment of benign gastric tumours. The authors have mostly performed the excision of the tumours or a limited gastric resection, and obtained good results with this conservative attitude.