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Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia and Its Rapid Progression Toward Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A Call for Clear Patient Management and Awareness

Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is known to cause gastric adenocarcinoma in a stepwise fashion. Gastric intestinal metaplasia is a known premalignant stage. We report a case of a 70-year-old male patient with ac...

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Autores principales: Al Hennawi, Hussam, Khedr, Anwar, Maan, Ramanpreet K, Albarazi, Mohieddin, Atluri, Purna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8589342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34796052
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18751