Management of a Portal Hypertensive Polyp: Case Report of a Rare Entity

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Journal Gastrointest Tumors

Date 2019 Nov 27

PMID 31768357

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Waseem M Seleem

Amr Shaaban Hanafy

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Abstract

Portal hypertensive polyposis is a rare finding represented in about 2.5% of all patients with portal hypertension. The diagnostic criteria are not yet clearly defined. It has been mentioned in a few case reports; its distribution was mainly duodenal and less frequently gastric. Here, a patient with type 2 diabetes and liver cirrhosis was hospitalized for vomiting, abdominal pain, and melena. The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit for stabilization and urgent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). EGD revealed a single antral polyp occluding the pyloric ring which was the cause of gastric outlet obstruction. Complete debulking by argon plasma was done which improved gastric outlet obstruction and melena. We conclude that argon plasma coagulation is a safe, rapid, and effective method for treating portal hypertensive polyposis.

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