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=Non-neoplastic disease=
=Non-neoplastic disease=
==Peptic ulcer disease==
==Peptic ulcer disease==
*Abbreviated ''PUD''.
===General===
===General===
*May be benign.
*Benign.


Complications:
Complications:
*Hemorrhage.
*Hemorrhage.
*Obstruction.
*Obstruction.
*Perforation.
*Perforation - can be fatal.
 
Etiology:<ref name=pmid19683340>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Malfertheiner | first1 = P. | last2 = Chan | first2 = FK. | last3 = McColl | first3 = KE. | title = Peptic ulcer disease. | journal = Lancet | volume = 374 | issue = 9699 | pages = 1449-61 | month = Oct | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60938-7 | PMID = 19683340 }}</ref>
*H. pylori.


===Gross===
===Gross===
*Epithelial defect:
Features:
**Punched-out edges - suggestive of a benign process.
*Typically in the [[duodenum]]; duodenum:stomach = ~4:1.
**Epithelial defect with punched-out edges (suggestive of a benign process).


Note:
Note:
*Heaped edges - suggestive of cancer.
*Heaped edges - suggestive of cancer.
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deep_gastric_ulcer.png Gastric ulcer (WC)].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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