Asymptomatic gastric heterotopia in the rectum with Helicobacter pylori infection

Jarosław Swatek; Lech Wronecki; Roman Ciechanek; Justyna Szumiło

doi:10.5114/pjp.2015.57258

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Polish Journal of Pathology

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Case report

Asymptomatic gastric heterotopia in the rectum with Helicobacter pylori infection

Jarosław Swatek

,

Lech Wronecki

,

Roman Ciechanek

,

Justyna Szumiło

Pol J Pathol 2015; 66 (4): 426-429

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2015.57258

Online publish date: 2016/02/05

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Gastric heterotopia is very rare in the rectum – less than 50 cases have been reported so far. Only in six of them Helicobacter pylori has been observed in heterotopic mucosa. We report a case of a 58-year-old woman with asymptomatic gastric heterotopia in the rectum, incidentally revealed during colonoscopy as a small, sessile polyp. The presence of H. pylori was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. This finding supports the opinion that H. pylori may pass along the gastrointestinal tract in a viable form and that the fecal-oral route of transmission is possible.

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Asymptomatic gastric heterotopia in the rectum with Helicobacter pylori infection

Jarosław Swatek , Lech Wronecki , Roman Ciechanek , Justyna Szumiło

gastric heterotopia, rectum, Helicobacter pylori

Jarosław Swatek

,

Lech Wronecki

,

Roman Ciechanek

,

Justyna Szumiło