Clinical characteristics and endoscopic management of inflammatory fibroid polyp of the gastrointestinal tract

Table 1 Clinical and endoscopic characteristics of the 108 patients with inflammatory fibroid polyp of the gastrointestinal tract, n (%)

Characteristics	Values
Patients	108
Age (year), mean ± SD	54.6 ± 10.7
Gender, female	59 (54.6)
Symptoms
Asymptomatic	75 (69.4)
Epigastric pain	12 (11.1)
Epigastric discomfort or abdominal distension	10 (9.3)
Melena or occult blood in feces	5 (4.6)
Loss of appetite	2 (1.9)
Nausea	2 (1.9)
Vomiting	2 (1.9)
Lesion size, mm, median (range)	10 (5-50)
Lesion location
Stomach	70 (64.8)
Cardia	6 (5.6)
Corpus	9 (8.3)
Fundus	1 (0.93)
Angular incisure	1 (0.93)
Antrum	53 (49.1)
Esophagus	1 (0.93)
Duodenum	1 (0.93)
Large intestine	36 (33.3)
Cecum	2 (1.9)
Ascending colon	5 (4.6)
Transverse colon	6 (5.6)
Descending colon	2 (1.9)
Sigmoid colon	10 (9.3)
Rectum	11 (10.2)
Morphology	118
Type I	62 (52.5)
Type II	33 (28.0)
Type III	11 (9.3)
Type IV	12 (10.2)
Surface erosion or ulcerations	28 (25.9)
Number of lesion
Single	101 (93.5)
Multiple	7 (6.5)

IFP: Inflammatory fibroid polyp; GI: Gastrointestinal.