How to Manage a Patient with Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia

Forty-five years have passed since Correa et  al1 proposed their hypothesis on the histopathological cascade leading to gastric adenocarcinoma claiming that gastric cancer usually resulted from chronic gastritis, subsequently leading to gland loss or atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and eventually invasive cancer. The most common ri sk factor for gastritis soon revealed to be the colonization with Helicobacter pylori.2 Most infections occur during childhood and remain for life. They are almost invariably associated with chronic gastritis, which may eventually lead to a loss of mucosal glands.
Source: Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Mentoring, Education, and Training Corner Source Type: research