Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  2001 Mar;22(3):169-173.

A Case of Gastric Hamartoma Presenting as a Submucosal Tumor

Affiliations
  • 1Research Institute of Digestive Disease, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hands@email.hanyang.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Pathology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Hamartomatous polyps in the stomach have been described as gastric lesions of familial polyposis coli or not associated with polyposis coli. However, submucosal tumor-like lesion of the gastric hamartoma is very rare. We have experienced an unusual hamartoma in the stomach in a 69-year-old man. He was hospitalized with epigastric discomfort. Endoscopy revealed a submucosal mass at the greater curvature of the high body of the stomach. The resected mass measured 3 X 2 X 1.5 cm and was characterized by cystic dilation of glandular structures. The glandular structures consisted of various types of lining cells, including surface foveolar cell types, pyloric cell types and parietal-like cells, and irregularly arranged smooth muscle bundles and collagen fibers were noted. We report this unusual gastric hamartoma presenting as a submucosal tumor with a review of literatures.

Keyword

Hamartoma; Stomach; Submucosal tumor

MeSH Terms

Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
Aged
Collagen
Endoscopy
Hamartoma*
Humans
Muscle, Smooth
Polyps
Stomach
Collagen
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