Spontaneous remission of hypertrophic lymphocytic gastritis associated with hypoproteinemia.

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Spontaneous remission of hypertrophic lymphocytic gastritis associated with hypoproteinemia.

Intern Med. 1998 Dec;37(12):1019-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/99129412
Amenomori M; Umemoto T; Kushima R; Hattori T; Ryuo Medical Center Yuge Clinic, Gamogun, Shiga.

Abstract: A 54-year-old woman came to our office because of pretibial edema. She had no gastrointestinal symptoms. Laboratory tests revealed severe hypoproteinemia. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy demonstrated enlarged gastric folds and multiple aphthoid nodules on the body and the fornix of the stomach. The biopsy specimen revealed a large number of CD8 positive intraepithelial T-lymphocytes infiltrating the gastric mucosa. Both serum total protein and the gastric lesions improved eight months after her first visit without any therapy for peptic ulcer or eradication of Helicobacter pylori. The data suggest that spontaneous remission may occur in lymphocytic gastritis without any gastrointestinal symptoms.

Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE Biopsy Case Report CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/IMMUNOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY Female Follow-Up Studies Gastric Mucosa/IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY Gastritis, Hypertrophic/IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Gastroscopy Helicobacter pylori/*ISOLATION & PURIF Helicobacter Infections/IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Human Hypoproteinemia/IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Lymphocyte Count Middle Age Remission, Spontaneous Serum Albumin/METABOLISM T-Lymphocyte Subsets/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/IMMUNOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY
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