Collagenous Gastritis

Hugh J. Freeman; James R.A. Piercy; Robert J. Raine

doi:10.1155/1989/528758

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 1989)

Collagenous Gastritis

Hugh J. Freeman,
James R.A. Piercy,
Robert J. Raine

Affiliations

Hugh J. Freeman: Departments of Medicine (Gastroenterology), University Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
James R.A. Piercy: Departments of Medicine (Gastroenterology), University Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Robert J. Raine: Departments of Medicine (Gastroenterology), University Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1989/528758
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 5
pp. 171 – 174

Abstract

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A 54-year-old woman presented with nausea, vomiting and weight loss associated with impaired gastric emptying necessitating institution of parenteral nutrition. Subsequent studies revealed an unusual gastric mucosa! inflammatory process characterized by unique subepithelial collagenous deposits. Collagenous gastritis appears to be a distinct, possibly immune-mediated, chronic disorder, pathologically reminiscent of collagenous sprue and collagenous colitis.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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