Disease or Syndrome
gastric dysplasia
gas·tric dys·pla·sia [ gas-trik dis-pley-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]
Definitions related to gastric dysplasia:
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A morphologic finding indicating the presence of dysplastic changes within the gastric mucosal epithelial cells.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(gastric intraepithelial neoplasia) A intraepithelial neoplasia (dysplasia) that arises in either the native gastric mucosa or in metaplastic gastric epithelium. It has a flat, polypoid or slightly depressed growth pattern. It is graded as low grade (mild dysplasia) or high grade (moderate dysplasia and carcinoma in situ). (WHO, 2000)NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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