Xanthelasmas of the upper gastrointestinal tract


Gencosmanoglu R., Sen-Oran E., Kurtkaya-Yapicier O., Tozun N.

JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, cilt.39, sa.3, ss.215-219, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00535-003-1288-3
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.215-219
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: xanthelasma, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, hyperplastic gastric polyp, foamy cells, GASTRIC XANTHELASMA, LIPID ISLANDS, XANTHOMA, STOMACH, MUCOSA, ESOPHAGUS, CELLS
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background Gastric xanthelasma is a benign and uncommon lesion with a variably reported frequency, while esophageal and duodenal xanthelasmas are quite rare. Methods. Seventeen patients who had the diagnosis of xanthelasma in the upper gastrointestinal tract were analyzed retrospectively with respect to their demographic, clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic features. All lesions suspected as xanthelasma were totally removed by either hot biopsy forceps or a snare with the technique of endoscopic mucosal resection. Results. The incidence of upper gastrointestinal xanthelasmas in 7320 patients who had upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was 0.23%. There were 9 (53%) men and 8 (47%) women, with a median age of 50 years (range, 24-80 years). The most common location of xanthelasmas was the stomach (76%), followed by the esophagus (12%) and duodenum (12%). All lesions were observed as yellow-white colored plaques at endoscopy. Multiple xanthelasmas were detected in 4 patients (24%); in the duodenum in 2, esophagus in 1, and stomach in 1. One patient had xanthelasma within a gastric hyperplastic polyp. The size of the lesion was less than 5mm in diameter in 14 (82%) patients and between 5 and 10 mm in diameter in 3 (18%). Thirteen (76%) patients had moderate to severe atrophic gastritis, while the remainder had normal gastric mucosa. Conclusions. Xanthelasmas of the upper gastrointestinal tract were mostly located in the stomach in the present series, which includes the second and third reported cases of duodenal xanthelasma, the second case of xanthelasma developed within a hyperplastic gastric polyp, and the fourth and the fifth cases of esophageal xanthelasma.