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SM_138b: Pathology of Gastric Disorders Flashcards

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Four anatomic regions of the stomach are the ____, ____, ____, and ____

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Four anatomic regions of the stomach are the cardia, fundus, corpus, and pyloric antrum

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Four histological layers of stomach are _____, _____, _____, and _____

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Four histological layers of stomach are mucosa, submucosa, muscularis propria, and serosa

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Histology of gastric surface epithelium involves ____

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Histology of gastric surface epithelium involves cytoplasmic mucus globules in multiple small vacuoles

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Histology of the deep/glandular gastric epithelium ____

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Histology of the deep/glandular gastric epithelium varies between anatomic regions of the stomach

  • Cardia: mucus-secreting glands only
  • Fundus (oxyntic mucosa): parietal cells, chief cells, and endocrine cells (ECL) -> produce histamine -> binds to histamine-2 receptor on parietal cells -> increase acid production
  • Antrum / pylorus: mucus-secreting glands and endocrine cells (gastrin-producing cells = G cells)
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____ and ____ of the stomach

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Cardia and antrum of the stomach

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Immunostain for gastrin is ____ in the cardia and body/fundus

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Immunostain for gastrin is negative in the cardia and body/fundus

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____ and ____ cells are found in the fundus/body of the stomach

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Parietal cells and chief cells cells are found in the fundus/body of the stomach

  • Parietal cells: HCl, intrinsic factor
  • Chief cells: pepsinogen
  • Generally no inflammation should be seen in the glands in the fundus
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____ protects against autodigestion by the stomach

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Mucosal barrier protects against autodigestion by the stomach

(mucin production)

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Stomach mucosa is superficially linked by ____

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Stomach mucosa is superficially linked by gastric foveolar epithelium

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___ is inflammation of gastric mucosa

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Gastritis is inflammation of gastric mucosa

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____ gastritis occurs when neutrophils are present

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Acute / active gastritis occurs when neutrophils are present

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____ gastritis occurs when chronic inflammation is present (lymphocytes and plasma cells)

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Chronic gastritis occurs when chronic inflammation is present (lymphocytes and plasma cells)

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____ is considered a type of chronic gastritis but is active chronic gastritis

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Helicobacter pylori gastritis is considered a type of chronic gastritis but is active chronic gastritis

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____ occurs when inflammatory cells are rare but reactive mucosal changes are present

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Gastropathy occurs when inflammatory cells are rare but reactive mucosal changes are present

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Describe causes of acute gastritis

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Acute gastritis causes

  • Acute hemorrhagic / erosive gastritis
  • Infections (CMV)
  • Medication injury (NSAIDs)
  • Iatrogenic injury (gastrostomy tube, postsurgical setting, chemoradiation)

Asymptomatic or variable degree of pain, nausea / vomiting

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____ is a sudden stress-induced imbalance between injurious and protective factors involved in the maintenance of mucosal integrity, causing diffuse mucosal hyperemia, bleeding, and erosions / ulcers

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Acute hemorrhagic erosive gastritis is a sudden stress-induced imbalance between injurious and protective factors involved in the maintenance of mucosal integrity, causing diffuse mucosal hyperemia, bleeding, and erosions / ulcers

  • Caused by NSAIDs, ethanol, bile acids, shock / vascular compromise
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Stress related mucosal ulcers include ____ and ____

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Stress related mucosal ulcers include curling ulcers and cushing ulcers

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____ are stress-related mucosal ulcers located in the proximal duodenum and are associated with severe burns / trauma

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Curling ulcers are stress-related mucosal ulcers located in the proximal duodenum and are associated with severe burns / trauma

(hypovolemia -> ischemia)

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____ are gastric, duodenal, and esophageal ulcers in patients with intracranial disease and have a high incidence of perforation

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Cushing ulcers are gastric, duodenal, and esophageal ulcers in patients with intracranial disease and have a high incidence of perforation

(vagal stimulation -> acid production)

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Acute hemorrhagic / erosive gastritis involves ____ on gross anatomy and ____ on histology

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Acute hemorrhagic / erosive gastritis involves diffuse erythema on gross anatomy and erosion of superficial mucous layer with lots of neutrophils and vascular congestion on histology

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____ is the most common cuase of chronic gastritis

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Helicobacter pylori is the most common cuase of chronic gastritis

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____ is the most common form of chronic gastritis in patients without H. pylori infection and the most common cause of diffuse atrophic gastritis

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Autoimmune gastritis is the most common form of chronic gastritis in patients without H. pylori infection and the most common cause of diffuse atrophic gastritis

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Longstanding H. pylori infection can cause ____

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Longstanding H. pylori infection can cause multifocal atrophic gastritis

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Symptoms of chronci gastritis are ____ and include ____ and ____

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Symptoms of chronci gastritis are less severe than acute gastritis but more persistent and include nausea and pain

(sometimes with vomiting)

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Chronic gastritis histology includes ____ and ____

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Chronic gastritis histology includes superficial plasmacytic infiltrate and lymphoid aggregates

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Helicobacter pylori characteristically ____ but does not ____

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Helicobacter pylori characteristically attaches to epithelium but does not penetrate the surface of mucous cells

(gramp-negative curved rod)

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Helicobacter pylori gastritis is diagnosed via ____, ____, or ____

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Helicobacter pylori gastritis is diagnosed via biopsy, urea breath test, or serologic test

  • Biopsy: pathology
  • Urea breath test: conversion of 14C-labeled urea to labeled CO2
  • Serologic test for antibodies to H. pylori: does not distinguish current from past infection
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Helicobacter pylori gastritis pathology involves ____ and ____

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Helicobacter pylori gastritis pathology involves lymphoid infiltrate of the lamina propria and inflammation in the mucosa

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Helicobacter pylori are ____-shaped

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Helicobacter pylori are spiral-shaped

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Autoimmune gastritis is caused by ____

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Autoimmune gastritis is caused by destruction of parietal cells by antibodies against parietal cells and intrinsic factor

  • Autoimmune metaplastic atrophic gastritis
  • Hypochlorhydria (due to severe parietal cell loss) and high serum gastrin levels
  • Increased risk for dysplasia / carcinoma and gastric neuroendocrine tumors
  • Associated with other autoimmune disease
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Describe pathogenessis of autoimmune gastritis

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Autoimmune gastritis pathogenesis

  1. Loss of parietal (acid-making) cells
  2. Hyperplasia of G-cells in antrum
  3. Increase gastrin secretion
  4. Acts on ECL cells in fundus (not destroyed by antibodies in autoimmune gastritis) to become hyperplastic
  5. Secrete histamine to stimulate parietal cells (no longer there or very diminished)
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Histology of autoimmune gastritis involves ____, ____, ____, and ____

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Autoimmune gastritis histology

  • Atrophy of body / fundus glands with deep or diffuse lymphoplasmocytic infiltrates with gland infiltration and damage
  • Other extensive metaplasia with different types seen: intestinal (goblet) cells, pancreatic acinar metaplasia
  • Neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (enterochromaffin cell-like/ECL) hyperplasia
  • No H. pylori
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Complications of chronic gastritis are ____, ____, and ____

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Complications of chronic gastritis are peptic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric lymphoma (MALT lymphoma)

  • Peptic ulcer disease: duodenal and gastric ulcers
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___ is disease caused by the action of acid and pepsin on the gastrointestinal mucosa leading to ulceration

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Peptic ulcer disease is disease caused by the action of acid and pepsin on the gastrointestinal mucosa leading to ulceration

  • Common sites: duodenum (1st part), stomach (antrum), esophagus (lower end), Meckel’s diverticulum
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Pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease involves ____

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Pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease involves imbalances between mucosald efense mechanisms and damaging factors

  • Usually secondary to H. pylori gastritis
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H. pylori gastritis induces ____ that can given rise to B cell lymphomas ____

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H. pylori gastritis induces mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) that can given rise to B cell lymphomas (MALTomas)

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Hypertrophic gastropathies are characterized by ____

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Hypertrophic gastropathies are characterized by giant cerebriform enlargement of the rugal folds due to epithelial hyperplasia without inflammation

  • Menetrier disease and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
  • Linked to growth factor release
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____ is a hypertrophic gastropathy characterized by diffuse hyperplasia of the foveolar epithelium of the body / fundus and hypoproteinemia due to protein-losing enteropathy

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Menetrier disease is a hypertrophic gastropathy characterized by diffuse hyperplasia of the foveolar epithelium of the body / fundus and hypoproteinemia due to protein-losing enteropathy

  • Associated with excessive secretion of TGF-beta
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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a hypertrophic gastropathy caused by ____

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a hypertrophic gastropathy caused by gastrin-secreting tumors

  • Symptoms: duodenal ulcers or chronic diarrhea, doubling of oxyntic mucosal thickness due to increase in number of parietal cells
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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome involves ____ on gross anatomy and ____ on histology

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome involves enlarged gastric folds on gross anatomy and marked oxyntic gland hyperplasia on histology

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____ are nodules that project above the level of the surrounding mucosa

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Polyps are nodules that project above the level of the surrounding mucosa

  • Inflammatory and hyperplastic polyps, fundic gland polyps, and gastric adenoma
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____ comprise 75% of all gastric polyps and are often caused by chronic inflammation and H. pylori infection

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Inflammatory and hyperplastic polyps comprise 75% of all gastric polyps and are often caused by chronic inflammation and H. pylori infection

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Hyperplastic polyp histology involves ____

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Hyperplastic polyp histology involves irregular, cystically dilated, and elongated foveolar glands

  • Lamina propria edema, variable degrees of inflammation, surface erosion
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Fundic polyps occur ____ and ____ and have increased prevalence due to increased use of ____

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Fundic polyps occur sporadically and in individuals with familial adenomatous polyposis and have increased prevalence due to increased use of PPI

  • PPI inhibits acid production -> increased gastrin secretion and oxyntic gland growth
  • Often asymptomatic
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Fundic gland polyp histology involves ____

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Fundic gland polyp histology involves irregular glands lined by flattened parietal and chief cells

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Gastric adenoma occurs on a background of ____

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Gastric adenoma occurs on a background of chronic gastritis with atrophy and intestinal metaplasia

  • 50-60 years of age, M:F = 3:1
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Solitary lesion in the antrum less than 2 cm is likely a ____

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Solitary lesion in the antrum less than 2 cm is likely a gastric adenoma

  • Intestinal columnar epithelium, elongated nuclei (cigar shaped), high nuclear / cytoplasmic ratio
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____ early symptoms resemble chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease and are often discovered at advanced stages

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Gastric adenocarcinoma early symptoms resemble chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease and are often discovered at advanced stages

(most common polyp)

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Gastric carcinoma etiology is ___

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Gastric carcinoma etiology is multifactorial

  • Dietary factors: contamination of grains with mold, reduced intake of fresh vegetables and fruits, high nitrate content
  • Tobacco and alcohol
  • Generation of nitrosamines in the stomach
  • Role of H. pylori
  • CDH1 mutation
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CDH-1 mutation causes high likelihood of ____

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CDH-1 mutation causes high likelihood of familial gastric cancer

  • Prophylactic gastrectomy between 20-30 years old
51
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Describe the proposed pathogenesis of gastric carcinogenesis

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Proposed pathogenesis of gastric carcinogenesis

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Gastric adenocarcinoma most commonly involves the ____, is more common in the ____ curvature than the ____ curvature, and has subtypes of ____ and ____

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Gastric adenocarcinoma most commonly involves the antrum, is more common in the lesser curvature than the greater curvature, and has subtypes of intestinal type and diffuse type

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Intestinal type of gastric adenocarcinoma forms ____, is composed of ____, occurs in ____, and develops from ____

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Intestinal type of gastric adenocarcinoma forms bulky masses, is composed of glands, occurs in high risk areas, and develops from precursor lesions (flat dysplasia, adenoma)

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Diffuse type of gastric adenocarcinoma ____ and is composed of ____

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Diffuse type of gastric adenocarcinoma infiltrates / thickens the wall diffusely (linitis plastica) and is composed of signet ring cells

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____ type of gastric adenocarcinoma

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Intestinal type of gastric adenocarcinoma

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____ type of gastric adenocarcinoma

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Diffuse type of gastric adenocarcinoma

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Intestinal type of gastric adenocarcinoma tends to form ____, while diffuse type of gastric adenocarcinoma contains ____ cells that display a ____ pattern

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Intestinal type of gastric adenocarcinoma tends to form bulky tumors, while diffuse type of gastric adenocarcinoma contains signet-ring cells cells that display a diffuse infiltrative growth pattern

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