Abstract

Duodenal polyps are typically found during routine screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy for patients who have known hereditary polyposis syndromes. When polyps enlarge they may cause obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract, which is rare. We report an adolescent male without history of an underlying polyposis syndrome found to have multiple duodenal polyps comprised of gastric tissue during an upper endoscopy performed for vomiting. Differentiating between gastric heterotopia and gastric metaplasia is important, as heterotopia is typically benign, but metaplasia may be a sign of underlying Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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