[Morphometric picture of hypertrophic gastritis with consideration of the extent of folds of the fundal mucous membrane].

The results of histological and morphometric examinations of the fundal gastric mucosa of 93 resected stomachs (74 in peptic ulcer, 19 in gastric carcinoma) are presented. A special morphometric method based on the altered Hammar principle was suggested and used to develop the criteria of hypertrophy of the gastric mucosa with due account to the extent of its folds. The following histologic forms of mucous membrane hypertrophy were found: glandular hyperplasia without gastritis (4 cases), glandular hyperplasia with superficial gastritis (glandular hypertrophic superficial gastritis) (11 cases); foveolar hyperthrophic gastritis with glandular atrophy (1 case). The diagnosis may be established correctly only when the results of roentgen (or gastroscopic) data (the extent of the fold of the mucous membrane) and those of gastrobiopsy are combined.