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→Inflammatory bowel disease and the stomach
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:See ''[[inflammatory bowel disease]]''. | :See ''[[inflammatory bowel disease]]''. | ||
*Histopathologic findings are usually non-specific. | *Histopathologic findings are usually non-specific. | ||
*Conventional thinking ''was'' upper GI involvement = Crohn's disease; this is changing.<ref name=pmid20962621>{{cite journal |author=Lin J, McKenna BJ, Appelman HD |title=Morphologic findings in upper gastrointestinal biopsies of patients with ulcerative colitis: a controlled study |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=34 |issue=11 |pages=1672–7 |year=2010 |month=November |pmid=20962621 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181f3de93 |url=}}</ref> | *Conventional thinking ''was'' upper GI involvement = [[Crohn's disease]]; this is changing.<ref name=pmid20962621>{{cite journal |author=Lin J, McKenna BJ, Appelman HD |title=Morphologic findings in upper gastrointestinal biopsies of patients with ulcerative colitis: a controlled study |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=34 |issue=11 |pages=1672–7 |year=2010 |month=November |pmid=20962621 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181f3de93 |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Endoscopic/gross=== | |||
Features - Crohn's:<ref name=Ref_GLP80>{{Ref GLP|80}}</ref> | |||
*+/-Linear fissures, erosions, ulcers, cobblestoning. | |||
*May mimic ''[[linitis plastica]]''. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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**Common finding - non-specific. | **Common finding - non-specific. | ||
*+/-[[Granulomas]]. | *+/-[[Granulomas]]. | ||
Note: | |||
*Granulomas in Crohn's gastritis present 7-34% of the time.<ref name=Ref_GLP80>{{Ref GLP|80}}</ref> | |||
=Miscellaneous= | =Miscellaneous= | ||