A Case of a Y-shaped Pedunculated Gastric Polyp Presenting as an Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with Chronic Renal Failure / 대한소화기내시경학회지

ABSTRACT

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the most common complications in patients with chronic renal failure. Common causes are peptic ulcer, gastritis, duodenitis, esophagitis, Mallory-Weiss tear, and angiodysplasia. However, gastric polyp is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. We diagnosed a bleeding hyperplastic polyp in chronic renal failure patient with melena. He had a bleeding polyp with a Y-shaped stalk. This polyp was treated effectively by endoscopic snare polypectomy.