Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is a rare hyperplastic lesion of unclear etiology. Clinical symptoms of GCP are variable and range from nonspeci ic abdominal pain to gastric outlet obstruction. Often the diagnosis of GCP has been dif icult to make as simple esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) guided biopsy can fail to yield the diagnosis. Here, we report a case of GCP that presented in a challeng...

Introduction: Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is a rare tumor which occurs more commonly in patients with prior gastric surgery. The nonspecific symptoms and radiographic appearance of this tumor mimic that of other hyperproliferative conditions making diagnosis difficult without definitive surgical resection. This report provides a comprehensive review of GCP and all GCP cases reported to dat...

BACKGROUND Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is an uncommon disease characterized by multiple cystic gastric glands within the submucosa of the stomach. CASE DESCRIPTION Here, we present a case of a 63-year-old man with intermittent epigastric discomfort in whom gastroscopy revealed multiple irregular elevated nodular lesions with smooth surfaces at the anterior of the antrum. Surgical resecti...

Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is a rare tumor precursor which occurs more commonly in patients who have undergone previous gastric surgery. The non-specific symptoms and radiographic appearance of this tumor mimic those of other hyperproliferative conditions, making diagnosis difficult. This is a pre-malignant condition and may lead on to carcinoma of the stomach. Here we report a 57-year-ol...

A 46-year-old man was admitted with epigastric pain, weight loss, and hypoalbuminemia. He had no history of gastric surgery. A gastroscopy revealed giant polypoid gastric folds within the gastric body and fundus (●" Fig.1) and several polyps with central erosion in the gastric antrum (●" Fig.2). Biopsies of the gastric body and antral lesions revealed chronic gastritis. Endoscopic ultrasound sh...