Chronic giardiasis of the stomach.
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چکیده
Two cases of chronic giardiasis of the stomach diagnosed from gastric mucosal biopsy specimens are reported. The first case was associated with an acute-on-chronic gastritis and Helicobacter-like organisms, and the second with an adenocarcinoma of the stomach. In both cases the trophozoites had been missed in earlier biopsy specimens. As far as is known this is the first report of giardiasis of the stomach.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical pathology
دوره 45 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992