[Fibro-inflammatory polyps of the stomach. Review of the literature apropos of 2 cases].

About two fibroid inflammatory polyps of the stomach and 84 similar cases previously reported in the world literature the authors describe the anatomo-clinical features of this entity. The two sexes are equally affected by such a lesion which occurs with a maximum of frequency during the 6th and the 7th decades. More often an epigastralgia with or without anemia is the main symptom of this polyp which is located in the antral submucosa (95% of the cases). A sessile or pedunculated mass is discovered by gastric endoscopy and may be resected during this investigation. Histologic examination shows a well limited fibroblastic proliferation around vessels and an inflammatory infiltration with a variable density of eosinophilic polynuclear cells. The presence of these elements is not a proof for the allergic nature of the polyp: blood eosinophilia is absent or rare and the serum IgE level is not changed.