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Does benign gastroesophageal mucosa with hypoplastic change mean i have barrets? i have been suffering with gers since i was 22 and hadsurget.barrets?
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Risk of cancer +ve: Goblet cells normally line the intestines, not the esophagus. When goblet cells are found in a place where they are not supposed to be, like the lining of the esophagus, it is called intestinal metaplasia. When intestinal metaplasia replaces the squamous mucosa , it is called Barrett's esophagus. Sometime dysplasia of varying severity develops,and further progression is monitord and Rx with ablat
Answered 5/19/2019
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