Morphology of the regional lymph nodes of gastric carcinoma and ulcer of the stomach in relation to immunological function.
One hundred regional lymph nodes from 55 patients with gastric carcinoma and the same number of regional nodes from 51 patients with ulcer of the stomach were evaluated histologically by using the standardized reporting system of Cottier et al. (9). A special attention was focused on the immunological response in these nodes. The cellular elements of the antibody-response were found to be active more often in the ulcer-series than in the cancer-series. On the other hand, the elements of the cell-mediated immune system were depressed more often in the nodes of the carcinoma-patients. The significance of the different immune response evoked by these two diseases is discussed, and the applicability of the standardized reporting system used is emphasized.
D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*