Abstract
Five cases of fundic gland polyposis (FGP) were examined with dye spraying endoscopy. One of the five cases was associated with ademomatosis of the colon. Characteristic endoscopic views of FGP were as follows: 1) Polyps were distributed in the upper part to lower part of the gastric body. These polyps were multiple (10-100 in number), measuring up to 8 mm in the greatest diameter. Most of these polyps looked sessile with a smooth surface, but closed view of them revealed uneven surface. And some of them seemed to be a pile of several small polyps. 2) The gastric mucosa surrounding polyps was covered with fine area gastricae indicating absense of atrophic gastritis or intestinal metaplasia. Longitudinal linear redness, indicative of superficial gastritis, was observed at several sites of the antrum. 3) The mucosal border of the stomach with FGP was of closed type.
