Ciliated metaplasia in a gastric adenoma in a Swedish patient.
The second European case of ciliated gastric metaplasia is presented, this time in a Swedish patient. Cilia were found in cystically dilated glands underneath a gastric adenoma. The possibility that cilia represent adaptative metaplasia aimed at expelling the retained mucus within the cysts is discussed.
Rubio
C A
CA
Department of Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000368:Aged; D002923:Cilia / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*