A 64-year-old woman visited a nearby hospital complained of stomachache. EGD showed atrophic gastritis due to Helicobacter pylori infection and a submucosal tumor in the greater curvature of the antrum. Her symptoms was not improved due to eradication for H. pylori infection, therefore, she was introduced to our hospital. EGD revealed the submucosal tumor with erosion and oozing 2 cm in diameter. Hemostasis was conducted. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) showed hypoechoic tumor with aechoic area in the submucosal layer. Histopathological findings of biopsy specimens showed regenerated epithelium.
Because of rebleeding, she underwent laparoscopic gastric local resection. Histopathological findings revealed a large number of fibroblasts with eosinophilic infiltration, and she was diagnosed with gastric inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP).
Gastric IFP is a benign submucosal tumor and bleeding is rare. We reported the rare gastric bleeding IFP with bibliographical consideration.
