Gastric cardiac polyps: A clinicopathologic study of 330 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1792-1797

  Melton, Shelby D ^a,b   Genta, Robert M ^a,b  

^a CARIS LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardia; foveolar hyperplasia; gastroesophageal junction; hyperplastic polyp; sentinel fold

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650358626     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181fc714d     Document Type: Article

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