Open AccessHETEROTOPIC GASTRIC GLANDS IN THE SUBMUCOSA OF THE STOMACH
Author(s) -
Yamagiwa Hiroshi,
Matsuzaki Osamu,
Ishihara Akinori,
Yoshimura Hitoshi
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1979.tb00192.x
Subject(s) - submucosa , stomach , medicine , pathology , gastroenterology , metaplasia , intestinal metaplasia , gastric glands , gastric mucosa
The submucosal heterotopic gastric glands were found in 160 cases (10.7%) of 1500 resected stomachs; 15% in gastric ulcer, 9.9% in gastric carcinoma, 4% in duodenal ulcer and 11% in chronic gastritis. The heterotopic glands were usually found in the distal half of the stomach, diffusely or localized. Macroscopic submucosal tumor was found in 9 (5%) of 160 cases. Although the heterotopic glands were found with an intimate relation to the repeated mucosal damage and subsequent intestinal metaplasia, they had no specific relation to gastric carcinogenesis. ACTA PATH. JAP. 29 : 347–350, 1979.