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What is focal intestinal metaplasia without dysplasia?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered

Pathology 51 years experience

Site of biopsy?: What site was biopsied? Stomach or oesophagus? The finding indicates damage to the mucosa but the damage is not pre-cancerous.

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Dec 16, 2017

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