Chronic lymphocytic gastritis and protein losing gastropathy.

Chronic lymphocytic gastritis (CLG) is a recently described histopathological entity characterised by the presence of lymphocytes in the surface and foveolar epithelium of the gastric mucosa. Previous accounts'have paid attention to both the endoscopic and histological features of the condition but the presenting features and clinical correlates of the pathology have not been clearly characterised. In this report we describe a new clinical association which is supported by a second case with similar features of protein loss. This is also the first report of CLG in which lymphocytic infiltration has also been shown in the duodenal mucosa.