title: Incidence and evolutive tendency of intestinal metaplasia in chronic gastritis.
abstract: The histologic examination of 556 gastric biopsies performed in patients with chronic gastritis, revealed the presence of intestinal metaplasia in 81 cases (14.5%). This was correlated with the evolutive stage of gastritis, the maximum incidence being observed in the case of gastric atrophy (24.7%). The iterative examination of the patients with intestinal metaplasia, allowed the determination of its evolutive tendency. After an average period of 5 years, the occurrence of gastric malignoma was observed in 5 cases (6.3%) thus confirming the oncogenic risk of intestinal metaplasia and justifying the careful "surveillance" of these cases.
authors.affiliation: IVth Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Banciu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Susan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berinde
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prodan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Potentz
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology*; D008679:Metaplasia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology