Abstract
In this case report, we describe two patients who showed a diffusely whitish mucosa in the posterior wall and the lesser curvature of the gastric body. The patients were serologically- and histopathologically-negative for Helicobacter pylori. Random biopsy specimens from the stomach revealed no regenerative changes, intestinal metaplasia, and/or foveolar hyperplasia in either of the patients. Although lanthanum deposition in the gastric mucosa has been reported to occur in close association with H. pylori-associated gastritis, our patients tested negative for H. pylori. These cases suggest that lanthanum deposition presents as whitish lesions in the gastric body in H. pylori-negative patients.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 801-806 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Internal Medicine |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Atrophic gastritis
- Helicobacter pylori
- Hyperphosphatemia
- Lanthanum carbonate
- Scanning electron microscopy analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine