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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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*May be associated with hyperplastic-like polyps.<ref name=pmid22002002>PMID 22002002 | *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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