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DUODENUM, BIOPSY: | DUODENUM, BIOPSY: | ||
- SMALL BOWEL MUCOSA AND SUPERFICIAL SUBMUCOSA WITH BRUNNER'S GLAND HYPERPLASIA AND GASTRIC FOVEOLAR | - SMALL BOWEL MUCOSA AND SUPERFICIAL SUBMUCOSA WITH BRUNNER'S GLAND HYPERPLASIA AND GASTRIC FOVEOLAR METAPLASIA. | ||
COMMENT: | COMMENT: | ||
The findings are suggestive of a chronic duodenitis. | The findings are suggestive of a chronic duodenitis. | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
====Micro==== | |||
The sections show small bowel mucosa and a small amount of submucosa. Brunner's glands are abundant and found focally in the lamina propria. Gastric foveolar-type epithelium is identified. Intraepithelial neutrophils are not identified. | |||
The epithelium matures appropriately. There is no increase in intraepithelial lymphocytes. | |||
==Brunner's gland hyperplasia== | ==Brunner's gland hyperplasia== | ||