Cardia polyps usually do not have conscious symptoms and are detected during barium meal gastrointestinal angiography or microscopy or during surgery for other reasons, the cause of which is not well understood. Clinically, they are classified according to their pathology: hyperplastic polyps and adenomatous polyps. The severity of these polyps is related to their pathological type, size, rate of proliferation and the patient’s own symptoms.
Proliferative polyp of cardia: This type of polyp is clinically common about three-quarters of the time and is formed by inflammation-induced mucosal hyperplasia. Generally smaller, the growth rate is very slow, some decades will not have great change, almost no malignant tendency, so this type of polyps do not worry too much, need to pay attention to its growth rate can be, generally do not need to treat. If the size of more than 1 cm or have uncomfortable symptoms, such as food choking, etc. need to seek medical attention according to the situation for surgical removal.
Adenomatous polyp of cardia: It is a benign gastric tumor, usually large in size, often accompanied by obvious intestinal hyperplasia and heterogeneous hyperplasia, with a high rate of malignancy. Generally as long as the pathology is diagnosed as adenomatous polyps regardless of size is recommended to take timely treatment to remove.
In summary, the severity of cardia polyps is closely related to the pathological nature, size, growth rate and complications of the polyps. It is recommended to consult a doctor for pathological diagnosis and dynamic observation according to the pathological results, and to treat the polyps correctly according to their specific conditions.