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How does mucosa of gastric body differ from that of gastric antrum?

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both = lines by tall mucous cell pits

have different gland morphology

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What part of stomach has more prominent rugae?

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more prominent in corpus than antrum

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What is purpose of gastric rugae?

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allow for gastric expansion and become flat when stomach filled with food

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What is gland morphology of corpus of stomach? What types of cells

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long straight tubules with parietal and chief cells, mucous neck cells, enterochromaffin-like [ECL] cells, and D cells

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What is gland morphology of antrum?

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short coiled mucous glands

some parietal cells, few G cells

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What is gland morphology of cardia?

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similar to antrum [short coiled glans] but no G cells

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What do you see in acute erosive gastritis?

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  • surface of stomach punctuated by areas of necrosis/erosions
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What are some potential complications of acute erosive gastritis?

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potential source of GI bleeding

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How does erosive gastritis lesion differ from ulcer?

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ulcer is a deeper defect –> goes through mucosa into submucosa

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What are some etiologies of acute erosive gastritis?

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  • NSAIDs

- severy physiological stress (stress ulcers) from sepsis, hypoxia, trauma, etc

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What causes a curling ulcer?

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burn

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What causes a cushing ulcer?

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trauma or surgery; brain injury

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What is acute hemorrhagic gastritis?

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acute erosive gastritis w/ necrosis of entire gastric mucosa

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What causes chemical gastropathy?

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NSAIDS, bile reflux

irritate gastric mucosa and get erosions

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What do you see endoscopically/microscopically to distinguish chemical gastropathy?

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endoscopically: erythema/redness
microscopically: no inflammation = distinguishes it from gastritis

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What are 3 features of chemical gastropathy microscopically?

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  • loss of epithelial mucin
  • dilated capillaries
  • corkscrew-shaped gastric pits
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What do you see in chronic gastritis?

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  • mucosa heavily infiltrated by chronic inflammatory cells
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What do you see in atrophic gastritis

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  • atrophy –> thin mucosa, reduced number of glands

- intestinal antral or metaplasia: body glands start to look like antrum or have goblet cells like in intestine

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What are the 3 different types of chronic gastritis and their distributions?

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type A: autoimmune; body

type B: antral-predominant gastritis

type C: Multifocal atrophic gastritis: pangastritis

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What is pathogenesis of type A gastritis?

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autoantibodies against parietal cells and/or intrinsic factor

causing loss of parietal cells and B12 deficiency

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What findings in type A gastritis?

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  • B12 deficiency
  • achlohydria or hypochlorhydria
  • antral G cell hyperplasia
  • hypergastrinemia
  • ECL cell hyperplasia
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High or low acid in autoimmune gastritis?

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low acid [hypochlorhydria]

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What do you see microscopically in autoimmune gastritis?

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  • atrophy
  • metaplasia of fundic glands with antral and instestinal epithelium
  • ECL cell hyperplasia
  • G cell hyperplasia
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Where in the stomach do you get autoimmune gastritis?

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fundus/body of stomach

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What are some complications associated with chronic autoimmune gastritis?
- carcinoid tumors
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Why do you get carcinoid tumors in type A chronic gastritis?
have ECL cell hyperplasia as a result of hypergastrinemia can end up with neuroendocrine tumors
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What do you see grossly in chronic autoimmune gastritis?
loss of rugae
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What lab features in chronic autoimmune gastritis?
- anti-parietal and anti-IF antibodies - elevated gastric pH - elevated serum gastrin - low B12 - megaloblastic anemia
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What stain for neuroendocrine cells?
chromogranin
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Are carcinoids in setting of type A gastritis slow or fast growing?
slow growing compaired to sporadic gastric and intestinal carcinoids
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Gastric ulcer in setting of hypochlorhydria should make you think what?
think cancer chronic autoimmune gastritis
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Where do you usually see Type B chronic gastritis?
antrum
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What is pathogenesis of type B chronic gastritis?
H pylori infection
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What stain is best way to look for H pylori?
silver impregnation
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Where does H pylori usually reside?
gastric mucosa
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How does H pylori protect itself?
- urease --> bicarb and ammonia to neutralize gastric acid | - virulence factors: cytotoxins, breakdown of acid-protective barriers
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How do you diagnose H pylori infection?
- histology - urease-based tissue or breath tests - serology [anti-H pylori antibodies]
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What are some complications associated with chronic H pylori gastritis?
- increase risk MALT lymphoma | - 2-5x increase risk gastric carcinoma
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What type of ulcers most highly associated with H pylori?
duodenal ulcers
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What is MALT lymphoma?
B cell lymphoma associated with H pylori regresses in response to H pylori eradication
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What is pathogenesis of Type C chronic gastritis?
- effects entire stomach | - environmental / H pylori associated
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Which type of chronic gastritis has highest risk of adenocarcinoma?
multifocal atrophic gastritis = 10x increase risk
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What do you see in multifocal atrophic gastritis?
- atrophy leading to reduced acid output - entire stomach has flattened mucosa - widespread chronic inflammation - ulcerations
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Where do gastric ulcers usually occur?
distal stomach at junction between corpus and antrum
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Which location of ulcers in H pylori gastritis? In multifocal atrophic gastritis?
H pylori gastritis = mostly duodenal ulcers, some antral ulcers multifocal atrophic gastritis = only gastric ulcers
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What are some complications of peptic ulcer disease?
- bleeding - perforation - penetration into adjacent organs - pyloric scarring and stenosis --> gastric outlet obstruction + vomitting
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How long does it take ordinary ulcers to heal when treated properly?
~ 6 weeks
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What should you think if delayed healing of peptic ulcers?
may indicate gastric cancer
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What should you think if 3 or more ulcers in duodenal bulb?
zollinger-ellison = gastrinoma
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What are some risk factors for gastric adenocarcinoma?
- dietary: nitrosamines [smoked foods] - older age - genetics - chronic atrophic gastritis - H pylori - smoking
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Intestinal gastric cancer - age/gener - risk factors - characteristics
age/gender: older, mostly males risks: environmental, dietary [nitrosamines], H pylori, smoking characteristics: in background of chronic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, usually discrete mass with malignant glands and tubules
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Diffuse gastric cancer - age/gender - risk factors - characteristics
age/gender: lower age [48 vs 55], more in women risks: not associated with H pylori, probably genetic characteristics: ill-defined, stomach wall thick and leathery [linitis plastica], signet ring cells
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Where does diffuse gastric cancer usually metastasize to?
met to lymph nodes, peritoneal cavity, ovaries
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Where does intestinal gastric cancer usually met to?
met to lymph nodes and liver via portal circulation
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What are krukenberg tumors?
bilateral enlarged ovaries with metastatic diffuse gastric cancer
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How have rates of each type of gastric cancer changed in the US? overall gastric cancer?
- declining overall gastric cancer due to a decline in intestinal-type; diffuse remain constant

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