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SUBMITTER: Karuhanga T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6970000 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karuhanga Theresia T Ngimba Caroline C Yahaya James J JJ
Case reports in surgery 20200103
Inflammatory fibroid polyp is a neoplastic condition affecting the gastrointestinal tract and particularly the gastric antrum. It is virtually a benign submucosal mass comprising mesenchymal cells and numerous small blood vessels with inflammatory cells and commonly eosinophils. Patients with inflammatory fibroid polyps usually present clinically with mechanical intestinal obstruction with or without intussusception. Herein, we present a case of a 48-year-old male with a known history of schizop ...[more]