Reactive gastropathy | |
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Micrograph of a reactive gastropathy. H&E stain. | |
Specialty | Pathology, gastroenterology |
Reactive gastropathy, chemical gastropathy also called gastritis of « C type » or "chemical gastritis" [1] is an abnormality in the stomach caused by chemicals, e.g. bile, alcohol, and characteristically has minimal inflammation.
Reactive gastropathy has a large number of causes, including:
The diagnosis is by examination of tissue, e.g. a stomach biopsy.
Reactive gastropathy is morphologically distinct entity [3] [4] that can be separated from gastritis, which by definition has a significant inflammatory component.
As a reactive gastropathy may mimic a (true) gastritis symptomatically and visually in an endoscopic examination, it may incorrectly be referred to as a gastritis. Even aware of the underlying etiology of the pathologic process, e.g. NSAID use, the label "chemical gastritis" is applied to a chemical gastropathy.
Reactive gastropathy | |
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Micrograph of a reactive gastropathy. H&E stain. | |
Specialty | Pathology, gastroenterology |
Reactive gastropathy, chemical gastropathy also called gastritis of « C type » or "chemical gastritis" [1] is an abnormality in the stomach caused by chemicals, e.g. bile, alcohol, and characteristically has minimal inflammation.
Reactive gastropathy has a large number of causes, including:
The diagnosis is by examination of tissue, e.g. a stomach biopsy.
Reactive gastropathy is morphologically distinct entity [3] [4] that can be separated from gastritis, which by definition has a significant inflammatory component.
As a reactive gastropathy may mimic a (true) gastritis symptomatically and visually in an endoscopic examination, it may incorrectly be referred to as a gastritis. Even aware of the underlying etiology of the pathologic process, e.g. NSAID use, the label "chemical gastritis" is applied to a chemical gastropathy.