Is gastric xanthoma cancer?

Gastric xanthoma is usually not cancer.

Gastric xanthoma is a disease caused by local lipid metabolism disorder in gastric mucosa, and is not a cancer. Gastric xanthoma may appear yellow or grayish yellow plaques on the surface of gastric mucosa, which may be related to chronic inflammatory stimulation, Helicobacter pylori infection, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc., and has nothing to do with cancer cells.

Although gastric xanthoma is not a cancer, gastric xanthoma may be a high risk factor for gastric cancer, so patients who find gastric xanthoma should be treated by endoscopic submucosal resection as soon as possible.