Esophageal Polyp in old man, is it common?

Document Type : Images in Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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1 Tropical Medicine Department ,Faculty of Medicine ,Zagazig University ,Zagazig ,Egypt

2 Internal Medicine Department , Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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Esophageal polyps are abnormal growth of tissue within the esophageal lumen. Most are small and benign, while malignant polypoidal masses also do occur. We reported large polypoidal mass in old male that proved to be adenocarcinoma.

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Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases
Volume 1, Issue 2
December 2011
Pages 66-67

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