[Diagnosis of gastric polyposis]

The authors report that they applied the adrenaline test in their practice, in determining the cardio-vascular system state in patients with gastric polyposis. They examined 16 patients with gastric polyposis by the adrenaline test and found that the maximal arterial pressure was lowered, instead of elevated, as the normal effect of adrenaline. Similar data were obtained in patients with gastric carcinoma. It is obvious that in carcinoma and precarcinoma state of the stomach, as gastric polyposis should be treated as precarcinogenic state and should be operated. The application of the adrenaline test in a complex with the rest of the investigations help us in making the correct and timely diagnosis.