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micronodular hyperplasia of enterochromaffin-like cells
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micronodular hyperplasia
Synopsis
micronodular clusters of at least 5 cells not exceeding the diameter of gastric glands, lying within the gastric glands, or within the lamina propria at the deep aspect of the oxyntic glands.
These collections do not exceed 150 microns in maximum size.
See also
hyperplasia of enterochromaffin-like cells
- diffuse hyperplasia of enterochromaffin-like cells
- linear hyperplasia of enterochromaffin-like cells
- micronodular hyperplasia of enterochromaffin-like cells
- adenomatoid hyperplasia of enterochromaffin-like cells
Reference
Hyperplastic, dysplastic, and neoplastic enterochromaffin-like-cell proliferations of the gastric mucosa. Classification and histogenesis. Solcia E, Fiocca R, Villani L, Luinetti O, Capella C. Am J Surg Pathol. 1995;19 Suppl 1:S1-7. Review. PMID: 7762735
Solcia E, Bordi C, Creutzfeldt W, Dayal Y, Dayan AD, Falkmer S, Grimelius L, Havu N (1988) Histopathological classification of nonantral gastric endocrine growths in man. Digestion 41:185-200.