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Rev Méd Electrón 2013; 35 (4)

Vanek's tumor or inflammatory fibroid polyp. Report of a case

Mellado PAM, Hernández CMO, Lara MM

Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 404-410
PDF size: 572.75 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The Vanek's tumor or inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare benign lesion of submucosal location, not encapsulated, that may be located throughout the digestive tract, being more common in the gastric antrum (80%), although it has also been described in the gastroesophageal junction, duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon. It is the less frequent benign gastric tumor (1-4%) with slight predominance in males and a peak incidence after the sixth decade of life, being its process of getting malignant an exceptional event. This case report presents a 47- year-old male patient with a Vanek's tumor of antral localization that was diagnosed at the Teaching Provincial Hospital Arnaldo Milian Castro, of Santa Clara.


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