Predisposing cause for Ca. stomach are except ?: (A) Chr. gastric atrophy, (B) Hyperplastic polyp, (C) Metaplasia grade III intestine, (D) Pernicious anemia
Answer is B. Answer 'b' i.e. Hyperplastic polyp Of the given options, hyperplastic polyp carries the least risk. In fact it carries a very small risk (< 2%) Note that if we follow strictly to the terminolgoy mentioned in Maingots & Schwaz, none of the given options are Predisposing factors; all these are premalignant condition. But I think examiners are not rigid about the terminology and consider both predisposing factors and premalignant conditions as one and same thing.