Atrophic gastritis

Atrophic gastritis refers to a pathological state in which the gastric mucosa is thinned and the intrinsic glands are reduced. process. Atrophy of gastric mucosal glands and intestinal metaplasia caused by repeated episodes of chronic gastritis, some of them may appear atypical hyperplasia of glands or develop cancerous? This disease is more common in the elderly. Although atrophic gastritis is a precancerous lesion, because canceration is closely related to dysplasia, there is no obvious cancerous tendency without atrophy with significant dysplasia.

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