Histological features of XXXX in adults: an autopsy study.

@entity1 @entity32 @entity2910 @entity354 @entity299 @entity2401 @entity356
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The existence, histology and origin of gastric cardiac mucosa are controversial. The aim of the present study was to determine the existence, histological characteristics and @entity299 and to correlate these features with the @entity1 ' age and the presence of @entity32 in the @entity356 and/or esophagus. METHODS; The cardiac mucosa within the whole esophagogastric junction was histologically analyzed in 38 consecutive autopsy specimens and measured in 24 cases. RESULTS: The cardiac mucosa was identified in all specimens from all cases, with a mean length of 6.7 mm, range 0.927-19.5 mm. In the majority of cases, the @entity299 was less than 10 mm (87.5%) and greater than 5 mm (71%). Cardiac mucosa was composed of a combination of pure mucous glands and mucous glands with parietal cells in 74% of cases, and only of mucous glands with parietal cells in 26% of cases. @entity2401 was recorded in 23.7% cases and @entity354 in 15.8%. The @entity299 was not significantly different between cases with and without @entity2401 (p>0.05), between those with and without @entity2910 (p>0.05), and between age groups older and younger than 60 years (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: In the adult population, a short histological segment of @entity356 was consistently present as a normal histological structure. The type, length and circumferential presence of cardiac mucosa were not significantly associated with @entity2401 , @entity2910 or age.
