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Garmpis N, Damaskos C, Garmpi A, Georgakopoulou VE, Sakellariou S, Liakea A, Schizas D, Diamantis E, Farmaki P, Voutyritsa E, Syllaios A, Patsouras A, Sypsa G, Agorogianni A, Stelianidi A, Antoniou EA, Kontzoglou K, Trakas N, Dimitroulis D. Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp of the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Systematic Review for a Benign Tumor. In Vivo 2021; 35:81-93. [PMID: 33402453 DOI: 10.21873/invivo.12235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM Inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare, usually solitary and intraluminal polypoid benign tumor that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, although in the majority of cases it affects the stomach. This lesion is characterized by proliferation of highly vascular fibrous tissue and infiltration by a variable number of different inflammatory cells. Its etiology is unknown. Our aim was to describe all the reported data concerning IFP. MATERIALS AND METHODS An extensive search of the PubMed Index was performed for publications with titles or abstracts containing the terms: "inflammatory fibroid polyp" with/without "Vanek". Results were filtered for publications in English and concerning only humans. One hundred and twenty-four publications were finally included in this review. RESULTS IFP has a female predominance. It affects patients in their 5th decade of life, although there are cases of patients from 4 to 84 years of age. IFP usually affects the stomach and more specifically the gastric antrum but can be detected throughout the GI tract. A significant number of cases remain asymptomatic but the most frequent presentations of IFP are abdominal pain, acute abdomen and GI bleeding. Most cases are treated by endoscopic resection of the lesion. No recurrence nor IFP-specific complications have been reported. Histopathology of IFP varies. CONCLUSION It is relatively safe to conclude that both the etiology and the timing of diagnosis might change the histopathology, immunohistological staining and tissue structure of IFP. Suggested theories should be taken into consideration with caution as the etiology and pathophysiological mechanisms of IFP are unknown.
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- Nikolaos Garmpis
- Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Renal Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece; .,N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pulmonology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.,First Department of Pulmonology, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Agia Sofia Children's Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tzanio General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
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- Department of Pulmonology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Agia Sofia Children's Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Peedikayil MC, Al Hindi HN, Rezeig MAS. Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the cecum can be treated by endoscopic resection. Saudi J Gastroenterol 2008; 14:212-3. [PMID: 19568543 PMCID: PMC2702930 DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.43281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Musthafa Chalikandy Peedikayil
- Department of Medicine (MBC 46), Section of gastroenterology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. E-mail:
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine (MBC 46), Section of gastroenterology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Kim BC, Cheon JH, Lee SK, Kim TI, Kim H, Kim WH. Needle knife-assisted endoscopic polypectomy for a large inflammatory fibroid colon polyp by making its stalk into an omega shape using an endoloop. Yonsei Med J 2008; 49:680-6. [PMID: 18729316 PMCID: PMC2615300 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.4.680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Colonic inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is an uncommon benign polypoid lesion, which is composed of fibroblasts, numerous small vessels and edematous connective tissue with marked eosinophilic inflammatory cell infiltration. This condition is frequently detected in the stomach and small intestine, but uncommon in the colon. Although IFP is a benign lesion, surgical resections are performed in most colonic cases because the polyps are usually too large to resect endoscopically. Only three patients underwent endoscopic polypectomy in our literature reviews. Here, we present a case of IFP in the descending colon successful endoscopically resected using a novel technique of trapping its stalk with an endoloop, forming the stalk into an omega shape, and then dissecting the stalk with a needle knife.
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- Byung Chang Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Park YB, Cheung DY, Kim JI, Park SH, Cho SH, Han JY, Kim JK, Choi KY. A large inflammatory fibroid polyp in the sigmoid colon treated by endoscopic resection. Intern Med 2007; 46:1647-9. [PMID: 17917327 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare, localized, nonneoplastic lesion originating from the submucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. Microscopically, these lesions are made up of a complex network of variable-size blood vessels and diffuse inflammatory cells contained in the edematous stroma. They are most often found in the stomach, followed by the small intestine, and rarely in the esophagus or the large intestine. We report a case of sigmoid colonic IFP presenting bloody stool treated with endoscopic resection.
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- Yong Bum Park
- Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul
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