Intestinal metaplasia occurs when cells in the tissues of the upper digestive tract, often in the stomach or esophagus, change and become more like cells from the intestines. Intestinal metaplasia is ...

Metaplasia is defined as the replacement of a fully differentiated cell type by another. There are several classical examples of metaplasia, one of the most frequent is called Barrett's esophagus.

Surveillance for locally advanced esophageal and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancers: Patterns of recurrence and methods of detection. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2019 ...

A 32-year-old woman with a history of an early pregnancy loss followed by a term birth presented to her gynecologist with difficulty conceiving and amenorrhea. Her second pregnancy, the live birth, ...

The diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus requires endoscopic evidence that columnar mucosa extends above the gastroesophageal junction and lines the distal esophagus, plus esophageal-biopsy results that ...

We have had the opportunity to study 5 patients with "agnogenic myeloid metaplasia" who were subjected to splenectomy. In no case was there any apparent deleterious effect, and 1 patient was obviously ...

Atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia are two important precursory lesions of intestinal type gastric cancer. A research group in China investigated the progression of atrophic gastritis and ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Metaplasia' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...

Quality indicator for esophagogastroduodenoscopy in screening gastric cancer. A prospective study of repeat endoscopic biopsy to identify HER2-positive tumors following an initial HER2-negative biopsy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HONOLULU — In a retrospective analysis, researchers found gastric intestinal metaplasia to be more prevalent ...