Intestinal metaplasia of the gastric mucosa.
Intestinal metaplasia of the gastric mucosa.
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DOI:
10.1038/bjc.1955.35
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发表时间:
1955-09
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
MORSON, B C
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作者:
MORSON, B C
DURING the routine histological examination of gastrectomy specimens re-moved for benign as well as malignant conditions it is not uncommon to find areas of intestinal epithelium in the gastric mucosa. The presence in the stomach lining of this type of epithelium has, in the past, been regarded as a congenital abnormality (Hari, 1901; Borrmann, 1926; Taylor, 1927; and Clar, 1934). However, the majority of observers inrecent years favour the view that the intestinal epithelium seen in the gastric mucosa is due to a process ofmetaplasia in post-foetal life (Geissendorfer, 1928; Faber, 1935; Magnus, 1937; Stout, 1943; Schindler, 1947). They believe, in the words of Magnus, that'.'the presence of intestinal epithelium in the stomach is the result of faulty regeneration of surface epithelium in a mucosa repeatedly damaged by gastritis, and is an example of metaplasia resulting from chronic irritation". The importance of intestinal metaplasia has been pointed out by Warren and Meissner (1944) who regard it as the chief epithelial feature of chronic gastritis. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the existence of intestinal metaplasia and to describe its incidence and extent in themucosa of stomachs removed surgically for duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer and carcinoma.MATERIAL AND METHODS. All the material used in this investigation consists of specimens removed at operations for duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer and carcinoma. They are subdivided as follows: