title: Wagner-Meissner-like corpuscles in gastric mucosa: a brief report.
abstract: Wagner-Meissner corpuscles are touch receptors that are located in dermal papillae and are usually absent in gastrointestinal mucosa. Wagner-Meissner-like corpuscles have been reported in association with benign neural neoplasm. A case of Wagner-Meissner-like corpuscles in endoscopically normal gastric mucosa biopsy of a 48-year-old woman is presented here. The corpuscles were positive for S-100 and clinical evidence of neurofibromatosis was negative. From a review of the literature, only 2 cases of tactile corpuscle-like structures in gastric mucosa are available.
authors.affiliation: Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy reale.domenico@azisanrovigo.it.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reale
authors.affiliation: Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ballotta
authors.affiliation: Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borghi
authors.affiliation: Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lisato
authors.affiliation: Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rasi
authors.affiliation: Madonna della Salute Hospital, Porto Viro, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Menegatti
mesh_terms: D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Wagner-Meissner–like corpuscles; gastric mucosa