Non-Helicobacter pylori Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia in Children: A Series of Cases and Review of the Literature

Figure 1

Endoscopic and histologic appearance of gastrointestinal metaplasia in case 1. (a) shows the appearance of a prepyloric nodule with an erosion located on the lesser curvature of the antrum. A cold forceps biopsy was taken from a region adjacent to the erosion (arrow). (b) shows a low power and (c) a high power histopathology image of the prepyloric nodule. The lamina propria is distended by a chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate consisting of lymphocytes and plasma cells. Numerous mucin producing cells, characteristic of intestinal epithelium, are identified. The features are those of chronic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia of the complete type.

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