ACASE OF MASSIVE HEMATEMESIS DUE TO GASTRIC POLYP ACCOMPANIED WITHLIVER CIRRHOSIS

Abstract

A 70 year old man with alcoholic liver cirrhosis was admitted becauseof massive hematemesis. End oscopy revealed no.varices but gastric polyp in the fornix as a causeof hematemesis. Histological analysis demonstrated hyperplastic polyp with small artery which could be the causeof bleeding. Accompanying liver cirrhosis was seemed to aggravate the tendencyof bleeding from gastric polypo. Bleeding from gastric polyp has been reported tobe rare as a causeof upper gastrointestinal bleedingbut when compllcated with hemorrhagic diathesis such as liver cirrhosis, we must pay attention togastrlc polyp as a cause of gastric bleeding.