title: Lymphocytic gastritis in nonulcer dyspepsia.
abstract: The prevalence of lymphocytic gastritis, a specific form of chronic gastritis characterized by infiltration of gastric superficial epithelium with T lymphocytes, has been established in nonulcer dyspepsia. Among a population sample of 586 patients at risk for gastric carcinoma, 0.83% of patients with nonulcer dyspepsia and 1.63% of patients with chronic active gastritis showed lymphocytic gastritis. Among routine gastric biopsies from 5130 patients, only five cases met histological and immunohistochemical criteria of lymphocytic gastritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jaskiewicz
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zak
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Louwrens
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000473:pathology; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*