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radiation gastritis

Gastritis resulting from irradiation of the stomach is uncommon, as is the reactive gastritis that can complicate intra-arterial chemotherapy.

Early changes consist of necrosis of fundal glands, edema, and mononuclear cell infiltration. In a series of patients followed by serial biopsies there was prompt and complete reversal to normal.