Gastric polyp in pernicious anemia: an argument to remove even when biopsy shows hyperplasia
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Abstract
Hyperplastic polyps constitute the majority of nonfundic gland gastric polyps found incidentally at endoscopy [ 1 ]. Malignant transformation has been reported in hyperplastic polyps but invasive carcinoma is rare [ 2 ]. A 63-year-old female was referred for routine screening colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy because of pernicious anemia diagnosed 10 years previously. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a 3 cm benign-appearing polyp at the gastroesophageal junction with a broad stalk ([ Fig. 1 ]). Repeated biopsies showed benign hyperplastic polyp with active chronic inflammation, negative for Helicobacter pylori and intestinal metaplasia. Fasting gastrin levels were elevated at 557 ng/L (normal fasting levels < 90 ng/L). Subsequently, a snare polypectomy was performed after the application of an endoloop, and the entire polyp was retrieved for pathological examination. Histology showed focal areas of intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and a small focus of intramucosal carcinoma arising within the hyperplastic polyp ([ Fig. 2 ] a, b ). Postpolypectomy there was no recurrence of the hyperplastic polyp ([ Fig. 3 ]). Fig. 1 Endoscopic view showing gastric hyperplastic polyp. Fig. 2 a, b Histology showing foci of intramucosal carcinoma (high power × 200). Fig. 3 Endoscopic view of postpolypectomy site. Gastric hyperplastic polyps and carcinoid tumors have also been associated with pernicious anemia. Hyperplastic polyps may have a rare malignant potential [ 3 ]. Polyp histology cannot be reliably determined by endoscopic appearance, and therefore either biopsy or polypectomy is warranted in any suspicious lesion. Some recent studies have suggested the presence of dysplastic elements in up to 19 % of hyperplastic polyps, including some cases of focal carcinoma [ 3 ] [ 4 ], leading some authors to recommend endoscopic removal of gastric polyps > 0.5 cm in size [ 4 ]. Carcinoma in hyperplastic polyps is thought to arise from dysplastic epithelium, and can be associated with the p53 gene mutations [ 5 ]. The exact time of occurrence of these polyps in pernicious anemia is unpredictable, and there are no long-term studies describing the natural history of hyperplastic polyps. In pernicious anemia, gastric polyps > 5 mm in diameter are better managed by snare polypectomy than biopsy. Competing interests: None Endoscopy_UCTN_Code_CCL_1AB_2AD_3AB
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.009 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.013 | 0.012 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.002 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
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