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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2014 Dec;38(12):1618–1626. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000283

TABLE 2.

JPS Patients With Upper JP Who Had Total Gastrectomy and/or Were Deceased (n = 5)

Patient Status Age of First
EGD
Specimen (y)
Age at First
Gastric JP
Diagnosis (y)
Total EGD
Follow-up
(mo)
Gastrectomy Death


Age
(y)
Indications Diagnosis Age
(y)
Cause
1 Gastrectomy then deceased 45 45 131 56 Large polyp burden
Severe bleeding
Multiple JP, largest 3.0 cm; no dysplasia or carcinoma 59 Liver failure caused by long-term total parenteral nutrition
Gastrectomy Diagnosis

2 Gastrectomy 36 36 67 41 HGD
Large polyp burden
Invasive adenocarcinoma, 5 mm, metastasis to 1 lymph node; multiple JP, largest confluent polyp 14.5 cm
3 Gastrectomy* 37 37 130 48 Large polyp burden
Severe bleeding
Over 50 JPs, largest polyp 1.2 cm with no dysplasia or carcinoma
EGD Findings

4 Deceased* 73 73 1 Large fungating friable masses and numerous polyps of varying size in fundus and proximal body of the stomach; several sessile polypoid lesions in antrum 74 Debilitation due to total parenteral nutrition, hypoalbuminemia and anemia
5 Deceased* 39 44 141 JP at gastroesophageal junction; edematous gastric and duodenal folds consistent with known history of protein losing enteropathy 51 Septic shock and severe anasarca due to shot gut syndrome
*

These 3 patients had also undergone total colectomy at age 22, 68, and 28, respectively.