Research Article
Portal Hypertensive Polyposis in Advanced Liver Cirrhosis: The Unknown Entity?
| | Gastroscopy | n = 407 | | Esophageal varices | 373 (91.6%) | | Grade I | 145 (38.9%) | | Grade II | 137 (36.7%) | | Grade III | 91 (24.4%) | | Barrett‘s esophagus | 28 (6,9%) | | Gastric varices | 40 (9.8%) | | Portal hypertensive gastropathy | 373 (91.6%) | | Gastric polyps | 38 (9.5%) | | Histopathology of endoscopically obtained biopsies (n = 36) | | | Hyperplastic | 29 (80.6%) | | Foveolar hyperplasia | 3 (8.3%) | | Tubular adenoma | 1 (2.8%) | | Inflammatory | 3 (8.3%) | | Helicobacter pylori | 23 (10.5%) (n = 219) | | Duodenal polyps | 32 (7.9%) | | Histopathology of endoscopically obtained biopsies (n = 22) | | | Hyperplastic | 10 (45.5%) | | Tubular adenoma | 2 (9.1%) | | Inflammatory | 1 (4.5%) | | Brunner glands | 4 (18.2%) | | Lipoma | 2 (9.1%) | | Endocrine tumor | 2 (9.1%) | | LGIEN | 1 (4.5%) | | Colonoscopy | n = 363 | | Colon polyps | 135 (37.2%) | | Histopathology of endoscopically obtained biopsies (n = 113) | | | Hyperplastic | 34 (30.1%) | | Hyperplastic and LGIEN | 16 (14.2%) | | LGIEN | 55 (48.7%) | | Sessile adenoma | 2 (1.8%) | | Adenocarcinoma | 4 (3.5%) | | Leiomyoma | 2 (1.8%) |
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tested in 219 patients. LGIEN = low grade intraepithelial neoplasia. |
