ACASE of TANGIER DISEASE WITHLARGE GASTRIC POLYP

Hiroshi INOUE; Shyuji INOUE; Yasunori SATO; Kozo FUKE; Toshihiro OMOYA; Nobuhiko FUKUMORI; Junko ENDO; Nobutaka UEMURA; Seiichiro KISHI; Susumu ITO; Makoto HIROI

doi:10.11280/gee1973b.45.1024

Hiroshi INOUE, Shyuji INOUE, Yasunori SATO, Kozo FUKE, Toshihiro OMOYA, Nobuhiko FUKUMORI, Junko ENDO, Nobutaka UEMURA, Seiichiro KISHI, Susumu ITO, Makoto HIROI

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Hiroshi INOUE
Department of Gastroenterology, Kochi National Hospital
Shyuji INOUE
Department of Digestive and cardio vascular disease, Tokushima University School of Medicine
Yasunori SATO
Department of Digestive and cardio vascular disease, Tokushima University School of Medicine
Kozo FUKE
Department of Digestive and cardio vascular disease, Tokushima University School of Medicine
Toshihiro OMOYA
Department of Digestive and cardio vascular disease, Tokushima University School of Medicine
Nobuhiko FUKUMORI
Department of Digestive and cardio vascular disease, Tokushima University School of Medicine
Junko ENDO
Department of Digestive and cardio vascular disease, Tokushima University School of Medicine
Nobutaka UEMURA
Department of Digestive and cardio vascular disease, Tokushima University School of Medicine
Seiichiro KISHI
Department of Digestive and cardio vascular disease, Tokushima University School of Medicine
Susumu ITO
Department of Digestive and cardio vascular disease, Tokushima University School of Medicine
Makoto HIROI
Department of Pathology, Kochi National Hospital

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2003 Volume 45 Issue 6 Pages 1024-1030

DOI https://doi.org/10.11280/gee1973b.45.1024

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Abstract

We report a case of Tangier disease with a large gastric polyp, A 51-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital in June, 1998 with a complaint of general fatigue. The patiellt had anemia. Endoscopic findings showed a yellowish mucosa on the whole stomach with multiple xanthomas and a large polyp. The patient had a low serum cholesterol level and extremely low levels high density lipoprotein (HDL), apolipoprotein-1 (APO-A1) and apolipoprotein-2 (APO-A2). This is a rare case in which endoscopic examination was useful for the diagnosis.

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