Clinical Review
Gastric Fundic Polyps or Cysts?
Case in Point
Fed Pract. 2005 August;22(8):33
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Azam Ansari, MD and Ryan Devine, BS
Dr. Ansari is a gastroenterologist in the department of medicine at Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina, MN. He also is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology. Mr. Devine is a sudent of osteopathic medicine at Philadelphia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
As this case illustrates, microscopic examination of gastric fundic "polyps" often reveals cystic dilation.