Emerging gastritides

The purpose of this review is to highlight two types of gastritis that have recently received much greater attention: lymphocytic gastritis and the gastritis associated with Crohn's disease. Lymphocytic gastritis is a distinctive pattern of inflammation that resembles that seen in celiac diseas...

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Published in:Current gastroenterology reports 2001-12, Vol.3 (6), p.523-527
Main Author: Weinstein, W M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Crohn Disease - complications
Gastritis - etiology
Gastritis - pathology
Helicobacter Infections - complications
Helicobacter pylori
Humans
Lymphocytes - pathology
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Summary:The purpose of this review is to highlight two types of gastritis that have recently received much greater attention: lymphocytic gastritis and the gastritis associated with Crohn's disease. Lymphocytic gastritis is a distinctive pattern of inflammation that resembles that seen in celiac disease and lymphocytic colitis. It is associated with a diverse and unusual group of disorders in their own right, as well as having a possible relationship (real or phantom) with H. pylori infection. With respect to Crohn's disease, there is a growing recognition that, much more common than gastric granulomas, is the existence in one third or more of patients of a highly focal non-H. pylori gastritis. This recognition may help secure the diagnosis of Crohn's disease where it is equivocal, especially in children, in whom follow-up radiography and endoscopy cannot be done as readily as in adults.
ISSN:1522-8037
1534-312X
DOI:10.1007/s11894-001-0074-8