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Old 09-14-2006, 09:54 PM
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I can't really help except to share my daughters results which read:


Antral description:
Microscopic examination demonstrates fragments of fundic-type and antral-type gastric mucosa. A focal lymphoplasmacytic cell infiltrate is seen in the lamina propria, compatible with minimal chronic gastritis. A special stain has been ordered to rule out Helicobacter pylori-like organisms and a final diagnosis will follow. There is no evidence of malignancy.
(the h. pylori stain was negative)

A Braintalk friend wondered why a 15 year old would have chronic gastritis, and forwarded this link to me on chronic gastritis where I read about lymphocytic gastritis being a non-specific finding often associated with h. pylori or gluten sensitive enteropathy.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic852.htm

Check out the the page in The Gluten File about h. pylori, lymphocytic gastritis and colitis, for whatever its worth. H. pylori, Lymphocytic Gastritis & Colitis (particularly the lymphocytic gastritis)

Now, I don't know my "mononuclear inflammatory cells" from a "focal lymphoplasmacytic cell infiltrate", or any of the other terms really, so I may be grasping at straws (I sometimes take great leaps)...but I am happy to hear your doctor favors a dietary trial... and I hope you will see positive changes!

Cara
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