[A newly recognized precancerous lesion of the stomach--histopathologic features of globoid dysplasia of human gastric epithelium].

Histopathologic features of globoid dysplasia of human gastric epithelium were described by means of observation of serial paraffin sections of 53 cases of globoid dysplasia. It was divided into three grades according to the architecture and cellular atypia. Penetration of outer layer globoid dysplastic cells through the basement membrane of "double layers structure" appeared in typical globoid dysplasia Grade III and infiltration of globoid dysplastic cells into stroma as well as the formation of incipient focus of signet ring cell carcinoma were described. The twinkling scene of infiltration of the globoid dysplastic cells into lamina propria through the basement membrane and the damage of basement membrane by globoid dysplastic cells were shown by Gordon Sweet's stain. Through the analysis of background lesions of the globoid dysplasia, a conclusion can be made that the globoid dysplasia might be an important precancerous lesion of the signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach.