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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
A novel method to quantitate the extent of intestinal metaplasia in gastrectomy specimens is presented. Morphometric measurements of histochemically labeled mucin-producing goblet cells were done in three selected gastrectomies (one having a peptic ulcer, one with adenocarcinoma of the intestinal type, and one with adenocarcinoma of the diffuse type). The sectioning of the gastrectomy specimens was standardized. The results indicated that the intestinal metaplasia was significantly higher in the specimen with adenocarcinoma of the intestinal type (as compared to the other two specimens), both along the lesser and greater curvatures as well as in the fundic area. These quantitative results confirm nonquantitative reports based on subjective visual impressions. This quantitative histochemical method for measuring the actual length as well as the topographical distribution of intestinal metaplasia in resected stomachs will be used in future studies of intestinal metaplasia with the aim of disclosing possible differences among populations with disparate incidences of gastric carcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0884-6812
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
A method for the quantitation of intestinal metaplasia of the stomach by morphometry.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't