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The Old Endoscopy Quiz (and Answer) of the Month
August 1999

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Question:

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This lady was examined because of dermatomyositis, in order to exclude malignancy in the stomach. This impressive mucosal pattern was found in the antrum. The finding does not have much clinical significance. What is it?

Answer:

Intestinal metaplasia in the antrum. This finding does not have much clinical significance. It is however a marker in atrophic gastritis, and it is seen very often - however not as clearly as in these pictures - in elderly people when carefully looked for.

Answers were emailed by:

Peeter Kõiva, Rakvere, Estonia
Antti Oksanen, Huddinge, Sweden
Marcio Luiz Paraboli Silva, Campo Mourau-Parana-PR, Brazil
Kathy Riggs, Abernathy, Texas, USA
Kendal Yalçın, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Sun, Khonkean, Thailand
Gronfors, Reijo, Turku, Finland
Lars G Salde, Lund, Sweden

Comments:

AREAS OF PRONOUNCED, SLIGHTLY RAISED Intestinal Metaplasia IN THE ANTRUM. (Increased risk of cancer)

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