Hyperplastic polyp of stomach

Definition

Due to over growth of gastric foveolar epithelial cells. The histological background of hyperplastic polyp is atrophic gastritis, mostly caused by long-term H. pylori infection.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Gastric polyp

• DA44.1Fundic gland polyp of stomach
• DA44.2Hamartomatous polyp of stomach
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified