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[[File:Helicobacter pylori, Gastric Mucosa, H&E (390307642).jpg|thumb|Dozens of the curved bacteria fill the lumen of a gastric foveola on H&E stain.]] | [[File:Helicobacter pylori, Gastric Mucosa, H&E (390307642).jpg|thumb|Dozens of the curved bacteria fill the lumen of a gastric foveola on H&E stain.]] | ||
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− | *Look for ''Helicobacter pylori''-like bacteria in the lumen. | + | *Look for ''Helicobacter pylori''-like bacteria in the lumen, as curved, spirochete-like bacteria, generally in the superficial mucus layer and along microvilli of epithelial cells.<ref name=PathologyOutlines/> |
− | *Look for associated inflammation, typically a chronic inflammatory infiltrate with germinal centers (follicular gastritis), and plasma cells in lamina propria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stomachhelicobacter.html|title=Stomach - Infections - Helicobacter pylori|author=Elliot Weisenberg|website=Pathology Outlines}} Topic Completed: 1 August 2012. Minor changes: 1 September 2020</ref> | + | *Look for associated inflammation, typically a chronic inflammatory infiltrate with germinal centers (follicular gastritis), and plasma cells in lamina propria.<ref name=PathologyOutlines>{{cite web|url=https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stomachhelicobacter.html|title=Stomach - Infections - Helicobacter pylori|author=Elliot Weisenberg|website=Pathology Outlines}} Topic Completed: 1 August 2012. Minor changes: 1 September 2020</ref> |
===Example report=== | ===Example report=== |
Revision as of 12:30, 1 September 2020
Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Contents
Microscopic evaluation
Look for:
- Look for Helicobacter pylori-like bacteria in the lumen, as curved, spirochete-like bacteria, generally in the superficial mucus layer and along microvilli of epithelial cells.[1]
- Look for associated inflammation, typically a chronic inflammatory infiltrate with germinal centers (follicular gastritis), and plasma cells in lamina propria.[1]
Example report
Negative/Positive for H. pylori-like organisms on H&E stain. |
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.
Main page
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elliot Weisenberg. Stomach - Infections - Helicobacter pylori. Pathology Outlines. Topic Completed: 1 August 2012. Minor changes: 1 September 2020
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