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The final diagnosis
of granulomatous gastritis is based on morphological findings and
detailed clinical history and laboratory data.
Clinicians
must provide the following clinical details to the pathologist -
History of immunosuppression , intake of drugs, past history of
tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, Crohn's etc.
Macrosopically there is thickening of the gastric wall (D/D infiltrating
carcinoma).
Histopathology image
Differential diagnosis:
1.
Infectious conditions: Tuberculosis, syphilis, histoplasmosis,
mycobacterial infection.
2. Associated with malignancies: Gastric carcinoma, lymphoma.
3. Foreign body granuloma: Food granuloma, suture granuloma .
4. Miscellaneous: Crohn's, sarcoidosis, chronic granulomatous disease
of childhood, allergic granulomatosis and vasculitis, Whipple's
disease.
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Tuberculosis:
Usually the antrum is affected.
Gross- Thickened wall, shallow ulcers.
Microscopically- Confluent caseating
granuloma. Acid fast organisms are
demonstrated.
- Syphilis:
Gross: Starts as erosive or ulcerative
lesion. In later stage the stomach is
shrunken and fibrotic (leather-bottle)
Perivascular cuffing;
Dense plasmacytic infiltrate;
Glandular destruction;
Demonstration of spirochetes by silver
stains.
- Crohn's:
Usually located in
the Gastric antrum.
In florid condition the following features
may be present:
Transmural inflammation
Pit abscess
Lymphoid aggregates and prominent
lymphoid follicles.
Ulcers
Sarcoid like granuloma
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Miscellaneous:
Multiple granulomas are observed in sarcoidosis, Whipple's disease
and vasculitis-associated cases. |