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Lam SK, Lau GKK. Proton pump inhibitors are not associated with fundic gland polyps - a systematic review that takes into consideration all known confounders. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024; 36:831-844. [PMID: 38829941 PMCID: PMC11146189 DOI: 10.1097/meg.0000000000002788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Sporadic fundic gland polyps (FGPs) progress, albeit rarely, to dysplasia and cancer. Two meta-analyses, including 8 and 11 studies, concluded that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) were associated with FGPs. Intervention is considered unnecessary when FGPs have a background of PPIs use. Both meta-analyses, however, disregarded known confounders: age, sex, endoscopy indications, study design (prospective or retrospective), duration of PPI use, and H. pylori infection. Confounders are known to invalidate meta-analyses. We followed PRIXMA guidelines and searched the literature for studies on FGPs in PPI-users and PPI-nonusers. In the 22 studies searched, we compared FGPs in PPI-users (n = 6534) and PPI-nonusers (n = 41 115). Heterogeneity was significant (Cochran Q = 277.8, P < 0.0001; I2 = 92.8%), annulling meta-analysis performed by blanket tallying. To offset the above confounders, we matched PPI-users and PPI-nonusers by (a) age and sex (n = 4300 and 29 307, respectively) and (b) their propensity scores derived from the confounders (n = 2950 and 4729, respectively). After both matching, FGPs were not significantly different between PPI-users and PPI-nonusers [odds ratio (OR) = 1.1, P = 0.3078; OR = 0.9, P = 0.3258, respectively]. Furthermore, FGP frequency did not correlate with increasing duration of PPI use (Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients = 0.1162, 0.0386, P < 0.6064, 0.8646, respectively); it was not significantly different between any of the duration periods of observation, namely, <10, 10-20, 20-40, >40 months, nor was it significantly different between PPI-users and PPI-nonusers within each duration period (P > 0.05). We conclude that PPIs are not associated with FGPs, implying that a background history of PPI use is not a justification for nonintervention in the management of FGPs.
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- Shiu Kum Lam
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology of The Humanity & Health Medical Centre
- Former Chair & Dean of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
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- Gastroenterology & Hepatology of The Humanity & Health Medical Centre, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Liver Diseases & Transplant Centre, The Fifth Medical Centre of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Gul MO, Oguz Aslayan S, Corbaci K, Selman A, Akcay EB, Unal Ozdemir Z, Ozdemir H, Akyuz C. Gastric Polyps Detected Incidentally during Gastroscopy and Follow-Up Results. J Clin Med 2024; 13:3117. [PMID: 38892828 PMCID: PMC11172658 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13113117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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(1) Background: We aimed to identify the possible relationship between various diseases of the upper digestive system and colon polyps by analyzing patients with gastric polyps and evaluating the cancers and diseases accompanying the polyps. (2) Methods: Each patient's age; gender; polyp type and size; presence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), atrophic gastritis, and intestinal metaplasia; status of whether cancer developed during follow-up; status of whether a colonoscopy was performed or not; and colon pathologies detected during colonoscopy were analyzed retrospectively using hospital records. (3) Results: Between the study dates, 19,214 esophagogastroduodenoscopies were performed in the endoscopy unit of our hospital. Gastric polyps were detected in 178 (0.9%) patients. No significant relationship was found between the gastric polyp size and the occurrence of gastric cancer or gastrointestinal system malignancy (p > 0.05). A colonoscopy was performed in 86 of the 178 patients who underwent gastroscopy. The frequency of polyp detection during colonoscopy was statistically significantly higher in patients with gastric polyps than in patients without gastric polyps (p < 0.001). (4) Conclusions: New prospective studies are needed regarding the relationship between gastric polyps and gastrointestinal system diseases. Going forward, a colonoscopy will be required in gastric polyp patients, especially with FGP.
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- Mehmet Onur Gul
- Surgical Oncology Clinic, Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya 44330, Turkey
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- General Surgery Department, Üsküdar State Hospital, Istanbul 34662, Turkey;
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- General Surgery Department, Osmaneli Mustafa Selahattin Çetintaş State Hospital, Bilecik 11500, Turkey;
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- General Surgery Department, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34668, Turkey; (A.S.); (E.B.A.); (Z.U.O.); (H.O.); (C.A.)
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- General Surgery Department, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34668, Turkey; (A.S.); (E.B.A.); (Z.U.O.); (H.O.); (C.A.)
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- General Surgery Department, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34668, Turkey; (A.S.); (E.B.A.); (Z.U.O.); (H.O.); (C.A.)
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- General Surgery Department, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34668, Turkey; (A.S.); (E.B.A.); (Z.U.O.); (H.O.); (C.A.)
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- General Surgery Department, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34668, Turkey; (A.S.); (E.B.A.); (Z.U.O.); (H.O.); (C.A.)
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Akanuma N, Rabinovitch PS, Mattis AN, Lauwers GY, Choi WT. Fundic Gland Polyps Lack DNA Content Abnormality Characteristic of Other Adenomatous Precursor Lesions in the Gastrointestinal Tract. Mod Pathol 2023; 36:100117. [PMID: 36805791 DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Fundic gland polyps (FGPs) develop sporadically (frequently after proton pump inhibitor therapy) or in the setting of a hereditary polyposis syndrome, such as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). FAP-related FGPs often demonstrate low-grade dysplasia (LGD) and are frequently associated with APC mutations, even in the absence of dysplasia. Sporadic FGPs with dysplasia are molecularly similar to FAP-related FGPs and demonstrate frequent mutations in APC gene. Despite having similar molecular alterations with colorectal and other adenomatous precursor lesions in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, FGPs rarely progress to advanced gastric neoplasia (high-grade dysplasia [HGD] or adenocarcinoma), and their role in gastric tumorigenesis remains unclear but likely limited. The clinicopathologic features of 192 patients diagnosed with FGPs, including 86 with FAP-related FGPs (33 with dysplastic FGPs and 53 with nondysplastic FGPs) and 106 with sporadic FGPs (12 with dysplastic FGPs and 94 with nondysplastic FGPs), were analyzed. DNA flow cytometry was performed on 111 FAP-related FGP biopsies, including 32 FGPs with LGD and 79 nondysplastic FGPs, to assess the presence of abnormal DNA content (ie, aneuploidy or elevated 4N fraction). Moreover, 40 sporadic FGP biopsies, including 14 dysplastic (13 LGD and 1 HGD) and 26 nondysplastic FGPs, were examined for DNA content abnormality. Patients with FAP and nondysplastic FGPs were more likely to be younger (mean age, 32 years) and present with multiple FGPs (92%, defined as having ≥2 FGPs) than those with sporadic nondysplastic FGPs (61 years and 65%, respectively; P < .001). They also recorded higher rates of previous or concurrent gastric epithelial dysplasia not occurring in a FGP (8%, P = .016), nongastric GI dysplasia (96%, P < .001), and nongastric GI malignancy (17%, P = .001) compared with those with sporadic nondysplastic FGPs (0%, 52%, and 2%, respectively). The sporadic group was more frequently associated with proton pump inhibitor therapy (78%, P < .001), gastric intestinal metaplasia (24%, P = .004), and a family history of gastric cancer (10%, P = .027) than the FAP group (19%, 6%, and 0%, respectively). Almost all FAP-related FGPs had a polypoid endoscopic appearance (98% vs 84% for sporadic FGPs; P = .009). The mean size of the largest FAP-related FGPs (0.5 cm) was similar to that of sporadic FGPs (0.7 cm) (P = .069). None of the 147 patients with FAP-related or sporadic nondysplastic FGPs were associated with subsequent detection of advanced gastric neoplasia within a mean follow-up time of 54 months (range, <1 to 277 months). However, 2 (4%) of the 45 patients with FAP-related or sporadic dysplastic FGPs developed advanced gastric neoplasia within a mean follow-up time of 59 months (range, <1 to 236 months). One (3%) of the 33 patients with FAP and dysplastic FGPs developed signet ring cell adenocarcinoma, whereas 1 (8%) of the 12 patients with sporadic dysplastic FGPs developed HGD (P = .445). However, none of the FAP-related and sporadic FGP biopsies, regardless of the presence or absence of dysplasia, demonstrated DNA content abnormality. In conclusion, FGPs lack large-scale chromosomal changes that are characteristic of the typical adenoma-carcinoma sequence involved in the development of other GI malignancies. Progression to advanced gastric neoplasia is rare in FGPs, which may be partly explained by the apparent lack of the chromosomal instability phenotype in these lesions.
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- Naoki Akanuma
- Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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Gastric neoplasms in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: endoscopic and clinicopathologic features. Gastrointest Endosc 2021; 94:1030-1042.e2. [PMID: 34146551 DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2021.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Gastric neoplasms in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) occur at a high rate and can cause death. The endoscopic findings of gastric neoplasms in these patients are characteristic but not well recognized. To identify the relevant characteristics to enable early detection, we retrospectively investigated endoscopic findings of gastric neoplasms in patients with FAP and then compared the clinical, histopathologic, and genetic features among subgroups. METHODS Of 234 patients with 171 pedigrees at 2 institutes, 56 cases (24%, 133 gastric neoplasms) with 44 pedigrees were examined. Immunostaining was performed for histopathologic evaluation by 1 blinded pathologist. According to the endoscopic findings, gastric neoplasms were divided into 4 types based on location (L: antrum and pylorus, UM: the rest of the stomach) and color (W: white, T: translucent, R: reddish) and their clinicopathologic features examined. RESULTS Of the cases, 93% could be classified into a single type. Among histologic phenotypes, high-grade dysplasia was present in 26% (type L), 41% (type UM-W), 0% (type UM-T), and 22% (type UM-R). The immunologic phenotype comprised the gastric type in 69% (93% in Type UM) and the intestinal phenotype, including the mixed type, in 31% (61% in type L). Moreover, 96% of patients had concurrent duodenal neoplasms. Adenomatous polyposis coli gene status was identified in 93% of patients; the pathogenic variant was detected in 98% but did not influence any endoscopic features. CONCLUSIONS Gastric neoplasms in patients with FAP were stratified into 4 types according to their endoscopic findings. The endoscopic phenotype was related to the histopathologic phenotype but not to germline variants.
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Sano W, Inoue F, Hirata D, Iwatate M, Hattori S, Fujita M, Sano Y. Sporadic fundic gland polyps with dysplasia or carcinoma: Clinical and endoscopic characteristics. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v13.i7.487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Sano W, Inoue F, Hirata D, Iwatate M, Hattori S, Fujita M, Sano Y. Sporadic fundic gland polyps with dysplasia or carcinoma: Clinical and endoscopic characteristics. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2021; 13:662-672. [PMID: 34322195 PMCID: PMC8299935 DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v13.i7.662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Fundic gland polyps (FGPs) are the most common gastric polyps and have been regarded as benign lesions with little malignant potential, except in the setting of familial adenomatous polyposis. However, in recent years, the prevalence of FGPs has been increasing along with the widespread and frequent use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). To date, several cases of FGPs with dysplasia or carcinoma (FGPD/CAs) have been reported. In this review, we evaluated the clinical and endoscopic characteristics of sporadic FGPD/CAs. Majority of the patients with sporadic FGPD/CAs were middle-aged women receiving PPI therapy and without Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. Majority of the sporadic FGPD/ CAs occurred in the body of the stomach and were sessile and small with a mean size of 5.4 mm. The sporadic FGPs with carcinoma showed redness, irregular surface structure, depression, or erosion during white light observation and irregular microvessels on the lesion surface during magnifying narrow-band imaging. In addition, sporadic FGPs, even with dysplasia, are likely to progress to cancer slowly. Therefore, frequent endoscopy is not required for patients with sporadic FGPs. However, histopathological evaluation is necessary if endoscopic findings different from ordinary FGPs are observed, regardless of their size. In the future, the prevalence of FGPs is expected to further increase along with the widespread and frequent use of PPIs and decreasing infection rate of H. pylori. Currently, it is unclear whether FGPD/CAs will also increase in the same way as FGPs. However, the trends of these lesions warrant further attention in the future.
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- Wataru Sano
- Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital, Kobe 655-0031, Hyogo, Japan
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- Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital, Kobe 655-0031, Hyogo, Japan
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- Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital, Kobe 655-0031, Hyogo, Japan
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- Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital, Kobe 655-0031, Hyogo, Japan
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- Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital, Kobe 655-0031, Hyogo, Japan
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- Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital, Kobe 655-0031, Hyogo, Japan
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- Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital, Kobe 655-0031, Hyogo, Japan
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Gastritis, Gastric Polyps and Gastric Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22126548. [PMID: 34207192 PMCID: PMC8234857 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Gastric cancer is still an important disease causing many deaths worldwide, although there has been a marked reduction in prevalence during the last few decades. The decline in gastric cancer prevalence is due to a reduction in Helicobacter pylori infection which has occurred for at least 50 years. The most probable mechanism for the carcinogenic effect of H. pylori is hypergastrinemia since H. pylori infected individuals do not have increased risk of gastric cancer before the development of oxyntic atrophy. When atrophy has developed, the carcinogenic process continues independent of H. pylori. Autoimmune gastritis also induces oxyntic atrophy leading to marked hypergastrinemia and development of ECL cell neoplasia as well as adenocarcinoma. Similarly, long-term treatment with efficient inhibitors of acid secretion like the proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) predisposes to ECL cell neoplasia of a different degree of malignancy. Contrasting the colon where most cancers develop from polyps, most polyps in the stomach have a low malignant potential. Nevertheless, gastric polyps may also give rise to cancer and have some risk factors and mechanisms in common with gastric cancer. In this overview the most common gastric polyps, i.e., hyperplastic polyps, adenomatous polyps and fundic gland polyps will be discussed with respect to etiology and particularly use of PPIs and relation to gastric carcinogenesis.
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Coyne JD, Thampy S. Fundic Gland Polyp With Parietal Cell Vacuolation Mimicking Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma. Int J Surg Pathol 2021; 29:503-505. [PMID: 33827319 DOI: 10.1177/1066896921994183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pseudo-signet ring parietal cell vacuolation has been described as a mimic of invasive signet ring cell carcinoma. Moreover, signet ring cell carcinoma has been described in a fundic gland polyp. This case demonstrates parietal cell vacuolation in a fundic gland polyp in a patient on a long-term proton pump inhibitor.
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- John D Coyne
- 6197Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Oldham Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- 6197Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Oldham Hospital, Manchester, UK
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Gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach (GAPPS) - A Helicobacter-opposite point. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2021; 50-51:101728. [PMID: 33975682 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2021.101728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach (GAPPS) is a rare familial gastric cancer syndrome with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. It is characterised by fundic gland polyposis of the gastric body and is associated with a significant risk of gastric adenocarcinoma. Unlike sporadic gastric cancer, Helicobacter pylori is usually absent in patients with GAPPS. This opposite-point finding has so far not been fully clarified. Prophylactic total gastrectomy is indicated in all cases of GAPPS with fundic gland polyposis and the presence of any dysplasia. If no dysplasia is found at histology, prophylactic gastrectomy is suggested at between 30 and 35 years of age, or at five years earlier than the age at which the youngest family member developed gastric cancer. Different phenotypes of GAPPS demand an individual approach to particular family members.
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Gullo I, van der Post RS, Carneiro F. Recent advances in the pathology of heritable gastric cancer syndromes. Histopathology 2020; 78:125-147. [PMID: 33382491 DOI: 10.1111/his.14228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Despite the relative rarity of hereditary gastric cancer syndromes, the prompt recognition of their specific clinical features and histopathological characteristics is pivotal in offering patients the most appropriate treatment. In this article, we address the three major inherited syndromes that primarily affect the stomach: hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC), caused by germline variants in CDH1 and CTNNA1; gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach, caused by germline mutations in promoter 1B of APC; and familial intestinal gastric cancer, which has a poorly defined genetic cause. The main focus will be on HDGC, in light of the recent publication of updated clinical practice guidelines and emerging concepts regarding HDGC histopathology. In particular, we describe the broad morphological spectrum of HDGC lesions, stressing the importance of recognising indolent and aggressive phenotypes. Moreover, we discuss the increased risk of gastric (pre)malignancies developing in patients with other well-defined hereditary cancer syndromes, such as familial adenomatous polyposis, Lynch syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, juvenile polyposis, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, and hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome.
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- Irene Gullo
- Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João (CHUSJ), Porto, Portugal.,Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Porto, Portugal.,Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (Ipatimup), Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João (CHUSJ), Porto, Portugal.,Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Porto, Portugal.,Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (Ipatimup), Porto, Portugal
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This review provides an overview of different types of gastric epithelial polyps. The polyps are classified based on their cell or epithelial compartment of origin. Some of these polyps can be considered reactive or nonneoplastic, whereas others are neoplastic in origin, are sometimes associated with a hereditary polyposis/cancer syndrome, and may have malignant potential. The aim of this review is to provide a pragmatic overview for the practicing pathologist about how to correctly diagnose and deal with gastric epithelial polyps and when (not) to ponder, and when (not) to panic.
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Disciglio V, Fasano C, Cariola F, Forte G, Grossi V, Sanese P, Lepore Signorile M, Resta N, Lotesoriere C, Stella A, Lolli I, Simone C. Gastric polyposis and desmoid tumours as a new familial adenomatous polyposis clinical variant associated with APC mutation at the extreme 3'-end. J Med Genet 2019; 57:356-360. [PMID: 31591141 PMCID: PMC7231465 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Germline mutations of the APC gene, which encodes a multidomain protein of 2843 amino acid residues, cause familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Three FAP clinical variants are correlated with the location of APC mutations: (1) classic FAP with profuse polyposis (>1000 adenomas), associated with mutations from codon 1250 to 1424; (2) attenuated FAP (<100 adenomas), associated with mutations at APC extremities (before codon 157 and after codon 1595); (3) classic FAP with intermediate colonic polyposis (100–1000 adenomas), associated with mutations located in the remaining part of APC. In an effort to decipher the clinical phenotype associated with APC C-terminal germline truncating mutations in patients with FAP, after screening APC mutations in one family whose members (n=4) developed gastric polyposis, colon oligo-polyposis and desmoid tumours, we performed a literature meta-analysis of clinically characterised patients (n=97) harbouring truncating mutations in APC C-terminus. The APC distal mutations identified in this study cluster with a phenotype characterised by colon oligo-polyposis, diffuse gastric polyposis and desmoid tumours. In conclusion, we describe a novel FAP clinical variant, which we propose to refer to as Gastric Polyposis and Desmoid FAP, that may require tailored management.
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- Vittoria Disciglio
- Medical Genetics, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy.,Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy .,Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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Shibukawa N, Wakahara Y, Ouchi S, Wakamatsu S, Kaneko A. Synchronous Three Gastric Fundic Gland Polyps with Low-grade Dysplasia Treated with Endoscopic Mucosal Resection after Being Diagnosed to Be Tubular Adenocarcinoma Based on a Biopsy Specimen. Intern Med 2019; 58:1871-1875. [PMID: 30918177 PMCID: PMC6663528 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2081-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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A 51-year-old woman had been taking proton pump inhibitor since August 2008. In May, 2016, endoscopic findings showed no atrophy and no intestinal metaplasia in the stomach, and multiple fundic gland polyps were identified in the stomach. A biopsy of a pedunculated polyp measuring 10 millimeters in diameter at the greater curvature of the middle gastric body demonstrated well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma. In July 2016, we treated this lesion and two other semipedunculated polyps located near the first polyp and also measuring 10 mm in diameter by endoscopic mucosal resection. The final diagnosis of all lesions was a fundic gland polyp with low grade dysplasia and the cutting end was negative.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Japan
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Rudloff U. Gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach: diagnosis and clinical perspectives. Clin Exp Gastroenterol 2018; 11:447-459. [PMID: 30584346 PMCID: PMC6284852 DOI: 10.2147/ceg.s163227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach (GAPPS) is a recently described, rare gastric polyposis syndrome. It is characterized by extensive involvement of the fundus and body of the stomach with fundic gland polyps sparing the antrum and lesser curvature, an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern with incomplete penetrance, and a significant predisposition for the development of gastric adenocarcinoma. Due to the recent discovery of APC promotor IB mutations (c.-191T>C, c.-192A>G, and c.-195A>C), which reduce binding of the transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) and transcriptional activity of the promotor, as its underlying genetic perturbation, GAPPS has been added to the growing molecular class of APC-associated disorders. Recent reports on family members afflicted by gastric polyposis due to GAPPS have described the development of metastatic cancer or the presence of invasive gastric adenocarcinoma in total gastrectomy specimens after variable periods of endoscopic surveillance emphasizing the need for an improved understanding of the to-date poorly characterized natural history of the syndrome. There are, however, currently no guidelines on screening, timing of prophylactic gastrectomy, or endoscopic surveillance for GAPPS available. In this review, we summarize the clinical, pathological, and genetic aspects of GAPPS as well as management approaches to this rare cancer predisposition syndrome, highlighting the need for early recognition, a multidisciplinary approach, and the creation of prospective family registries and consensus guidelines in the near future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Udo Rudloff
- Rare Tumor Initiative, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA,
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