Case 2-1988: A 55-Year-Old Man with Innumerable Gastric Polyps and Recent Melena

Richard C. Cabot; Robert E. Scully; Eugene J. Mark; William F. McNeely; Betty U. McNeely; Daniel K. Podolsky; Carolyn C. Compton

doi:10.1056/NEJM198801143180208

Case 2-1988: A 55-Year-Old Man with Innumerable Gastric Polyps and Recent Melena

Richard C. Cabot, Robert E. Scully, Eugene J. Mark, William F. McNeely, Betty U. McNeely, Daniel K. Podolsky, Carolyn C. Compton

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Presentation of Case A 55-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of multiple gastric polyps and melena. He was well until seven years earlier, when occasional hematochezia prompted a sigmoidoscopic examination that revealed an internal hemorrhoid. One year later hematochezia recurred without symptoms, and a routine blood count showed that the hemoglobin was 12.5 g; the iron was 23 μg per 100 ml (4.1 μmol per liter). A barium-enema examination, with air contrast, was reported to be negative. An upper gastrointestinal series (Fig. 1) revealed coarse nodularity of gastric rugal folds, with a large mass along the greater curvature.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	100-109
Number of pages	10
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	318
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198801143180208
State	Published - Jan 14 1988
Externally published	Yes

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