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==Normal duodenum== | ==Normal duodenum== | ||
*Abbreviated ''ND''. | *Abbreviated ''ND''. | ||
===General=== | |||
*Very common. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
*Three tall villi. | *Three tall villi. | ||
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**Lack of plasma cells suggests ''[[common variable immunodeficiency]]'' (CVID).<ref name=pmid20629103>{{cite journal |author=Agarwal S, Smereka P, Harpaz N, Cunningham-Rundles C, Mayer L |title=Characterization of immunologic defects in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with intestinal disease |journal=Inflamm Bowel Dis |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=July |pmid=20629103 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21376 |url=}}</ref> | **Lack of plasma cells suggests ''[[common variable immunodeficiency]]'' (CVID).<ref name=pmid20629103>{{cite journal |author=Agarwal S, Smereka P, Harpaz N, Cunningham-Rundles C, Mayer L |title=Characterization of immunologic defects in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with intestinal disease |journal=Inflamm Bowel Dis |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=July |pmid=20629103 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21376 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*No organisms in lumen. | *No organisms in lumen. | ||
DDx: | |||
*[[Intestinal metaplasia of the stomach]] - foveolar epithelium + other histologic components of the stomach. | |||
*[[Chronic duodenitis]] - foveolar epithelium, [[Brunner's gland hyperplasia]]. | |||
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