A CASE OF INFLAMMATORY FIBROID PORYP OF THE STOMACH WHICH INCREASED FOR A SHORT PERIOD AFTER CAUTERIZING THE SUPERFICIAL MUCOSA

Abstract

A 52-year-old man was referred to our hospital with the diagnosis of gastric polyp.Endoscopic examination revealed a submucosal tumor with shallow central depression on the anterior wall of the antrum. Thereafter, the tumor was followed up endoscopically and found no change of size for two years. Then endoscopic resection was tried with no success, so the superficial mucosa of the tumor was cauterized. Three days later most of the tumor was dropped out with ulceration. Two months later a tumor with erosion on the top appeared and gradually increased. One year later the tumor became twice the size of the original tumor. Then the tumor was resected surgically and diagnosed as inflammatory fibroid polyp histologically. The growth of the tumor was supposed to be accelerated by ulceration.