GCP is a rare benign lesion of the stomach. It
was initially recognized in 15 cases that
presented by Franzin (1981). Laratte et al
(2012) have reviewed this condition and have
mentioned that 37 cases have been reported
in the English literature. It was seen more in
males and the mean age is 60. It occurred
most commonly in the corpus of the stomach
(62%) and the fundus (24%). The most
common complaints of GCP are abdominal
pain, bleeding, bloating, loss of appetite, and
anemia. There were no complaints in 19% of
patients and it was detected incidentally in
report by Laratte et al (2012)
GCP describes gastric glands covered with
normal gastric mucosa that exist under the
submucosal layer and form cystic expansion.
The pathogenesis relates to the degradation of
the integrity of the muscularis mucosa layer
and the emigration of epithelial cells to the