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Gastritis
Studies from Aga Khan University add new findings in the area of gastritis
December 16th, 2008
According to recent research published in the Singapore Medical Journal, "Granulomatous inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract is an uncommon entity; an aetiopathogenic diagnosis can be reached only by combining the morphological examination with clinical and laboratory investigations. We report two cases of granulomatous gastritis: a 27-year-old woman presenting with weight loss and a 55-year-old woman presenting with epigastric pain and vomiting." "Upper oesophagastroduodenoscopy in these cases showed antral hyperaemia and histopathology showed non-caseating gastric granulomatous inflammation. Both the cases were extensively worked-up for possible...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-16)
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