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==Portal hypertensive gastropathy==
==Portal hypertensive gastropathy==
*Abbreviated ''PHG''.
===General===
===General===
*Due to portal hypertension.
*Due to portal hypertension.
**Usually secondary to [[liver cirrhosis]] which is typically due to [[alcoholism]].
**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 }}
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===Gross===
===Gross===
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Notes:
Notes:
*May be associated with hyperplastic-like polyps.<ref name=pmid22002002>PMID 22002002.</ref>
*May be associated with 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>
*Findings in mucosal biopsies are often [[specificity|nonspecific]], i.e. not diagnostic.<ref name=Ref_GLP120-1>{{Ref GLP|120-1}}</ref>
*Findings in mucosal biopsies are often [[specificity|nonspecific]], i.e. not diagnostic.<ref name=Ref_GLP120-1>{{Ref GLP|120-1}}</ref>


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