Hyperplastic Polyps Discovered Because of Unprovoked Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as an Unusual Presentation of Malignancy

Gastric hyperplastic polyps are small (<1 cm), asymptomatic, and found incidentally on esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Patients can present with dyspepsia, abdominal pain, anemia from chronic occult bleeding, and, rarely, acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Helicobacter pylori, autoimmune gastriti...

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Main Authors: Lakshmi Kannan, Mwangi Kamau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2022-05-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2021.0041
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