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The Old Endoscopy Quiz (and Answer) of the Month
September 2004

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Question:

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This quite old lady had suffered from some loss of memory and was found to have a quite low B12-vitamin value. This is the finding in an upper endoscopy. What are these whitish mucosal changes in the mucosa in the lower part of her stomach (antrum and prepyloric region)?

Answer:

    Intestinal Metaplasia
    Intestinal metaplasia indicates atrophic gastritis and is a slightly premalignant lesion.

Correct answers and comments were emailed by

    Peeter Kõiva , Tartu, Estonia
    DR. BASSAM AHMAD MOUSAWI, NABI CHIT, LEBANON
    ARVANITI VASSILIKI, PIREAS, GREECE
    Arber F. Veliu, Prishtina, Kosovo
    Dr.Balaz Marian, Schmalkalden, Schmalkalden,Germany
    Abdón Guerra, San Antonio, CHILE
    Jian-Jun chen, Ann Arbor, USA
    Klaudia J.Niepsuj, Bytom, Poland
    Salvatore Della Ducata, Gallipoli, Italy
    Dr.Virendra Parikh, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
    GUILLERMO VALLADARES, LIMA, PERU
    Hüseyin DEMİRSOY, İstanbul , Turkey
    PARABOLI SILVA , Marcio Luiz M.D., SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO-SP-, BRAZIL
    Zahreddine Radwan, Beirut, Lebanon
    Karen, Sheila and Sharath, Glasgow, Scotland
    rashedhassen, fakous, Egypt
    chunliang Shi, Umeå, Sweden
    Hurler; Ulrike, Heidenheim, Germany
    ana maria, Brasil, rio
    Marco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    German lloret Salom, Alzira, Spain
    juan carlos munoz, Jacksonville, USA
    Ilker Abci, Alanya, Turkey

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