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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| Language: | English |
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American College of Physicians
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| Online Access: | https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2021.0041 |
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