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Fundic gland polyps: three other case reports suggesting a possible association with acid suppressing therapy
H Van Vlierberghe1, M De Vos, G De Cock
1University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Ghent, Belgium.
Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
We describe three patients who developed fundic gland polyps after starting a treatment with acid suppressive agents. All three patients were treated for a long time with H2-blockers or proton pump inhibiting agents for reflux oesophagitis. In one patient the fundic gland polyps disappeared after discontinuation of the acid suppressing therapy. A possible causal role of these agents is suggested. A review of the literature about fundic gland polyps and their possible association with acid suppressive therapy and a short review about proton pump inhibiting agents and the appearance of gastric polyps in general is given.