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#redirect [[Stomach#Portal_hypertensive_gastropathy]]
'''Portal hypertensive gastropathy''', abbreviated ''PHG'', is a benign pathology of the [[stomach]] caused by [[hypertension|high blood pressure]] in the portal system.
 
==General==
*Due to [[portal hypertension]].
**Usually secondary to [[liver cirrhosis]] which is typically due to [[alcoholism]].
***Reported in approximately 65% of cirrhotics with portal hypertension in one paper.<ref name=pmid15648238>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mesihovic | first1 = R. | last2 = Prohic | first2 = D. | last3 = Gribajcevic | first3 = M. | last4 = Vanis | first4 = N. | last5 = Gornjakovic | first5 = S. | last6 = Sarac | first6 = A. | title = Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG). | journal = Med Arh | volume = 58 | issue = 6 | pages = 377-9 | month =  | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 15648238 }}
</ref>
 
==Gross==
Features:<ref name=pmid12492178>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Thuluvath | first1 = PJ. | last2 = Yoo | first2 = HY. | title = Portal Hypertensive gastropathy. | journal = Am J Gastroenterol | volume = 97 | issue = 12 | pages = 2973-8 | month = Dec | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.07094.x | PMID = 12492178 }}</ref>
*Mosaic-like pattern.
**May be referred to as [[Gastric snakeskin appearance|snakeskin-like pattern]].<ref name=pmid22211417/>
**Usu. body of stomach.
*+/-Red spots.
 
Note:
*May mimic [[eosinophilic gastritis]].<ref name=pmid22211417>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sikanderkhel | first1 = S. | last2 = Luthra | first2 = M. | last3 = Chavalitdhamrong | first3 = D. | title = Snakeskin-like pattern mimicking portal hypertensive gastropathy in patient with eosinophilic gastritis. | journal = Dig Endosc | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 53 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2011.01155.x | PMID = 22211417 }}</ref>
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:PHGastro.jpg | PHG. (WC/Samir)
</gallery>
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_GLP120-1>{{Ref GLP|120-1}}</ref>
*Dilated capillaries in the submucosa (prominent) and to a lesser extent in the lamina propria - '''key feature'''.
 
Notes:
*May be associated with [[hyperplastic polyp of the stomach|hyperplastic]]-like polyps.<ref name=pmid22002002>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lam | first1 = MC. | last2 = Tha | first2 = S. | last3 = Owen | first3 = D. | last4 = Haque | first4 = M. | last5 = Chatur | first5 = N. | last6 = Gray | first6 = JR. | last7 = Yoshida | first7 = EM. | title = Gastric polyps in patients with portal hypertension. | journal = Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 23 | issue = 12 | pages = 1245-9 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834c15cf | PMID = 22002002 }}</ref>
**Subepithelial [[granulation tissue]] and vascular proliferation.
*Findings in mucosal biopsies are often [[specificity|nonspecific]], i.e. not diagnostic.<ref name=Ref_GLP120-1>{{Ref GLP|120-1}}</ref>
 
DDx:
*[[Gastric antral vascular ectasia]] - have thrombi in the dilated blood vessels.
 
==Sign out==
<pre>
STOMACH, BIOPSY:
- ANTRAL-TYPE AND BODY-TYPE GASTRIC MUCOSA WITH PROMINENT CAPILLARIES
AND MODERATE CHRONIC INACTIVE INFLAMMATION.
- NEGATIVE FOR HELICOBACTER-LIKE ORGANISMS.
- NEGATIVE FOR INTESTINAL METAPLASIA.
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
 
COMMENT:
No fibrin thrombi are seen.  The findings are compatible with portal hypertension.
Clinical correlation is required.
</pre>
 
===Hyperplastic-like polyp===
<pre>
POLYP, STOMACH, BIOPSY:
- HYPERPLASTIC-LIKE POLYP WITH PROMINENT VESSELS, EDEMA AND AN ERODED SURFACE WITH
  GRANULATION TISSUE FORMATION, SEE COMMENT.
- NEGATIVE FOR HELICOBACTER-LIKE ORGANISMS.
- NEGATIVE FOR INTESTINAL METAPLASIA.
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
 
COMMENT:
The polyp is consistent with the type described by Lam et al. in a set of individuals
with portal hypertension. (Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23 (12): 1245-9.)
</pre>
 
==See also==
*[[Stomach]].
*[[Hypertension]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]

Revision as of 22:48, 7 February 2018

Portal hypertensive gastropathy, abbreviated PHG, is a benign pathology of the stomach caused by high blood pressure in the portal system.

General

Gross

Features:[2]

Note:

Images

Microscopic

Features:[4]

  • Dilated capillaries in the submucosa (prominent) and to a lesser extent in the lamina propria - key feature.

Notes:

DDx:

Sign out

STOMACH, BIOPSY:
- ANTRAL-TYPE AND BODY-TYPE GASTRIC MUCOSA WITH PROMINENT CAPILLARIES 
AND MODERATE CHRONIC INACTIVE INFLAMMATION.
- NEGATIVE FOR HELICOBACTER-LIKE ORGANISMS.
- NEGATIVE FOR INTESTINAL METAPLASIA.
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.

COMMENT:
No fibrin thrombi are seen.  The findings are compatible with portal hypertension.
Clinical correlation is required.

Hyperplastic-like polyp

POLYP, STOMACH, BIOPSY:
- HYPERPLASTIC-LIKE POLYP WITH PROMINENT VESSELS, EDEMA AND AN ERODED SURFACE WITH
  GRANULATION TISSUE FORMATION, SEE COMMENT.
- NEGATIVE FOR HELICOBACTER-LIKE ORGANISMS.
- NEGATIVE FOR INTESTINAL METAPLASIA.
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.

COMMENT:
The polyp is consistent with the type described by Lam et al. in a set of individuals
with portal hypertension. (Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23 (12): 1245-9.)

See also

References

  1. Mesihovic, R.; Prohic, D.; Gribajcevic, M.; Vanis, N.; Gornjakovic, S.; Sarac, A. (2004). "Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG).". Med Arh 58 (6): 377-9. PMID 15648238.
  2. Thuluvath, PJ.; Yoo, HY. (Dec 2002). "Portal Hypertensive gastropathy.". Am J Gastroenterol 97 (12): 2973-8. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.07094.x. PMID 12492178.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Sikanderkhel, S.; Luthra, M.; Chavalitdhamrong, D. (Jan 2012). "Snakeskin-like pattern mimicking portal hypertensive gastropathy in patient with eosinophilic gastritis.". Dig Endosc 24 (1): 53. doi:10.1111/j.1443-1661.2011.01155.x. PMID 22211417.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Iacobuzio-Donahue, Christine A.; Montgomery, Elizabeth A. (2005). Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 120-1. ISBN 978-0443066573.
  5. Lam, MC.; Tha, S.; Owen, D.; Haque, M.; Chatur, N.; Gray, JR.; Yoshida, EM. (Nov 2011). "Gastric polyps in patients with portal hypertension.". Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23 (12): 1245-9. doi:10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834c15cf. PMID 22002002.