| Literature DB >> 3190911 |
Abstract
The second European case of ciliated gastric metaplasia is presented, this time in a Swedish patient. Cilia were found in cystically dilated glands underneath a gastric adenoma. The possibility that cilia represent adaptative metaplasia aimed at expelling the retained mucus within the cysts is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3190911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1988.tb00957.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: APMIS ISSN: 0903-4641 Impact factor: 3.205