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*''Fundic'' location - duh! | *''Fundic'' location - duh! | ||
=== | ====Clinical significance==== | ||
Features:<ref> | *Weak association with [[FAP]] (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Freeman HJ |title=Proton pump inhibitors and an emerging epidemic of gastric fundic gland polyposis |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=14 |issue=9 |pages=1318-20 |year=2008 |month=March |pmid=18322941 |doi= |url=http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/1318.asp}}</ref> | ||
*Associated with chronic proton pump inhibitors (PPI) use -- approximately 4x risk.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Jalving M, Koornstra JJ, Wesseling J, Boezen HM, DE Jong S, Kleibeuker JH |title=Increased risk of fundic gland polyps during long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy |journal=Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. |volume=24 |issue=9 |pages=1341-8 |year=2006 |month=November |pmid=17059515 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03127.x |url=}}</ref> | |||
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*Animal studies suggested PPIs cause [[neuroendocrine tumour]]s -- but this has not been found in humans.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Masaoka T, Suzuki H, Hibi T |title=Gastric epithelial cell modality and proton pump inhibitor |journal=J Clin Biochem Nutr |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=191-6 |year=2008 |month=May |pmid=18545640 |pmc=2386521 |doi=10.3164/jcbn.2008028 |url=}}</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref>URL: [http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/A2B001-PQ01-M.htm http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/A2B001-PQ01-M.htm]. Accessed on: 19 October 2010.</ref> | |||
*Polypoid shape (may not be appreciated on microscopy). | *Polypoid shape (may not be appreciated on microscopy). | ||
*Dilated gastric glands. | *Dilated gastric glands. | ||
**Flatted epithelial lining - '''key feature'''. | **Flatted epithelial lining - '''key feature'''. | ||
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* | *[http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/A2B001-PQ01-M.htm Fundic gland polyp (ouhsc.edu)]. | ||
==Gastric antral vascular ectasia== | ==Gastric antral vascular ectasia== |
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