Erschienen in:
01.05.2013 | Editorial
Portal hypertensive polyp—what is in a name?
verfasst von:
C. Ganesh Pai
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology
|
Ausgabe 3/2013
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Excerpt
Draining as it does into the portal venous system, it is not surprising that most of the gastrointestinal tract should show a variety of changes in portal hypertension (PH). The latest entry to this slowly lengthening list of abnormalities is the ‘portal hypertensive polyp’ (PHP), described in two reports in the current issue of this
Journal [
1,
2]. As with any newly described entity, a bevy of questions immediately comes up. …