[The etiopathogenetic and therapeutic correlations in chronic lymphocytic gastritis].
Haot et. al. (1,2) described in 1985 a new histopathologic entity, the lymphocytic gastritis, characterised by large number of intraepithelial T cells. The condition is usually symptomatic and related to an endoscopic form of gastropathy; it has an easily recognizable histology. According to The Sydney System it is classified as a special form (3); no etiopathogenic relation is established. The clinical significance and treatment are currently unclear (4). In one case, affected by peripheric T cell disfunction, there was significant clinical, endoscopic and histologic improvement after vagotomy, hemigastrectomy and total duodenal diversion. The possible favorable effect of surgery on lymphocytic gastritis, a diffuse gastric pathology, is discussed. To our knowledge this has not been reported before.
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Spitalul Clinic Griviţa, Bucureşti.
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D014628:Vagotomy