This uncontrolled retrospective study based on the histological finding of an ischemic necrosis shows that the histologically suspected diagnosis of NSAID-induced lesions in the colon is often correct. The true diagnostic validity of this finding and the differentiation from ischemic colitis should, however, be investigated in a prospective controlled study.
Foveolar gastric metaplasia of the duodenum (FGM) is considered as imperfect mucosal healing in the context of H. pylori gastritis and intake of NSAIDs or ASS. Typical endoscopic findings are redness of the mucosa, erosion/ulcer and loss of mucosal folds. During diagnostic histological examinations we observed a frequent so far not described association of FGM with endoscopically observed duodenal polyps. The archives of two institutes of pathology with high gastroenterological workload (approximately 100 000 patients per year) were investigated for an association between "duodenal polyp" and "foveolar gastric metaplasia". In Institute 1, of 481 duodenal polyps 41 % were classified as FGM, 9 % as adenoma and 2 % as heterotopic gastric mucosa. In 48 % no histological correlate was present. In Institute 2, 217 cases of FGM were diagnosed. Of these, in 69 cases the endoscopic finding was "polyp" (32 %). In the other cases, the endoscopic findings were mucosal defect (18 %), redness/inflammation (16 %), suspicion for gastric heterotopia (5 %) and scar (3 %). In 26 % of cases no pathologic endoscopic finding was reported. Both groups of patients with FGM showed a similar distribution of age ranges (24 - 83 years and 16 - 88 years), median age (62 years and 61 years, respectively) and a dominance of male sex (both 1.5:1). In conclusion, foveolar gastric metaplasia is a frequent, so far neglected correlate of endoscopically detected duodenal polyps.
A 69-year-old man presented for endoscopic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract because of dysphagia for solid food and unintended weight loss. Several months before, he had noticed brownish-gray skin lesions in the neck, in the thorax and in both axillae. A dermatological consultant expressed the suspicion of a paraneoplastic disease. Endoscopic examination revealed an adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction as well as multiple small polyps in the middle and the lower thirds of the esophagus. Histological examination showed papilloma-like proliferations without atypia, which were diagnosed as acanthosis nigricans of the esophagus. After completion of the staging investigation regarding the cardiac carcinoma, combination chemotherapy was started because of the presence of liver metastases. Subsequently, partial regression of the carcinoma as well as of the dermal and esophageal lesions was noted. Acanthosis nigricans is a rare paraneoplastic disease of the esophagus. As an indicator lesion, its detection should prompt a search for a malignant tumor in the gastrointestinal tract.
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