Four Cases of Gastric Hamartomatous Polyps without Polyposis Coli

Chung, Jung Myung; Lee, Sang Hyuk; Lee, Youn Jae; Jeong, Joon Yong; Seol, Sang Young; Yoon, Hye Kyoung; Ha, Hee Geun; Whang, Hee Seung

Abstract

Hamartoma is a very rare congenital tumor. A few cases of hamartomatous pol yps in the stomach were reported. Most of harrurtomatous polyps in the stomach occur in patients of polyposis coli. We have experienced four cases of gastric hamartomatous polyps without polyposis coli. There are some differences between previously reported cases and ours. In our casee, the distribution of age is from fourth to ninth decade, men and women ratio is 1: 1. The number of polyps are one in three cases and two in one case. The size of polyps is from 5mm to 12 mm. The location of polyps are various, but most common in antrum. We have experienced four cases which were different from previously reported ones and report them with a brief review of literatures.