LARGE HYPERPLASTIC POLYP DEVELOPING AFTER ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION OF GASTRIC ADENOMA IN A PATIENT RECEIVING IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY

Authors: Gwak, Geum-Youn; Kim, SangGyun; Kim, JooSung; Jung, HyunChae; Song, InSung

Source: Digestive Endoscopy, Volume 18, Number 2, April 2006 , pp. 138-140(3)

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Abstract:

A 59-year-old man underwent endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for gastric adenoma. He had suffered from end-stage renal disease for several years and had received renal transplantation some 5 months before EMR. Subsequently, he took immunosuppressive agents. Follow-up gastrofiberscopy 6 months after EMR showed a sessile polyp at the resection site twice as large as the original adenoma; biopsy specimens revealed a hyperplastic nature. At the time of writing, this hyperplastic polyp has neither increased in size nor developed adenomatous or carcinomatous changes by histological examinations over the past 5 years. Therefore, this is a case of hyperplastic polyp occurring at the gastric adenoma resection site, and suggests the possible effect of immunosuppressive therapy on the post-EMR healing process and hyperplastic polyp development.

Keywords: endoscopic mucosal resection; hyperplastic polyp; immunosuppressive therapy

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1443-1661.2006.00583.x

Publication date: 2006-04-01