TWO CASES OF GASTRIC INFLAMMATORY FIBROID POLYP WITH A LONG-TERM ENDOSCOPIC FOLLOW-UP

Abstract

We reported two cases of inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) of the stomach which could be observed endoscopically for a long time. Case 1: A 64-year-old woman was underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for screening. A hemispheric protruding lesion, 8mm in diameter, was found in the antrum and followed by endoscopy for 9 years. The lesion increased in size up to 25mm and changed to a pedunculated polyp with ulceration. Case 2: A 59-year-old man had a hemispheric elevated lesion, 10mm in diameter, in the antrum which was diagnosed as a submucosal tumor and followed for 8 years. The lesion changed to a tumor with central depression and enlarged to 15mm in diameter. Both lesions were resected endoscopically and led to a histological diagnosis of IFP.