Lymphoid Hyperplasia of the Stomach
Radiographic Findings in Five Adult Patients
Drew A. Torigian1,
Marc S. Levine1,
Navdeep S. Gill2,
Stephen E. Rubesin1,
Franz Fogt3,
Christopher F. Schultz4,
Emma E. Furth2,5 and
Igor Laufer1
1
Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400
Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104.
2
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
3
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center,
51 N. 39th St., Philadelphia, PA 19104.
4
Department of Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
19104.
5
Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19104.

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Fig. 1A. 33-year-old woman with lymphoid hyperplasia of stomach.
Supine spot radiograph from double-contrast upper gastrointestinal tract
examination shows innumerable tiny round nodules in gastric antrum.
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Fig. 2. 40-year-old woman with lymphoid hyperplasia of stomach. Left
posterior oblique spot radiograph from double-contrast upper gastrointestinal
tract barium examination shows innumerable tiny round nodules in gastric
antrum. Note similarity to findings in
Figure 1A.
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Fig. 3A. 39-year-old man with lymphoid hyperplasia of stomach. Left
posterior oblique spot radiograph from double-contrast upper gastrointestinal
tract barium examination shows innumerable tiny round nodules in gastric
antrum. Note that many nodules have central umbilications with punctate
collections of barium seen en face in lesions.
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Fig. 1B. 33-year-old woman with lymphoid hyperplasia of stomach.
Endoscopic photograph shows multiple nodules in antrum. Arrows denote
representative nodules.
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Fig. 1C. 33-year-old woman with lymphoid hyperplasia of stomach.
Photomicrograph of endoscopic biopsy specimen from antrum shows dense
lymphocytic infiltrate with central area indicative of early follicle
formation (arrow). (H and E, x10)
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Fig. 3B. 39-year-old man with lymphoid hyperplasia of stomach.
Photomicrograph of endoscopic biopsy specimen from antrum shows chronic
gastritis with lymphocytic infiltrate. Prominent lymphoid follicle (white
arrows) is displacing adjacent glands. Note protrusion of epithelium
(black arrows) overlying lymphoid nodule. (H and E, x40)
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Fig. 1D. 33-year-old woman with lymphoid hyperplasia of stomach.
Photomicrograph of biopsy specimen shows multiple curve-shaped bacterial
organisms (arrows) compatible with Helicobacter pylori.
(Alcian blue, x1000)
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