Superficial gastritis with mild intestinal metaplasia, clinically, refers to the presence of epithelial cells similar to those of the small intestine or large intestine in the cells of the gastric mucosa, which is a pathologic manifestation of the gastric mucosa.
Superficial gastritis with mild intestinal metaplasia, refers to the patient’s gastric mucosal cells similar to the epithelial cells of the mucosa of the small intestine or the large intestine, which is a pathological manifestation of the biopsy to do pathological examination, usually a benign lesion of chronic superficial gastritis, can be divided into two types of small intestinal type of metaplasia and colonic type of metaplasia.
Patients may present with dyspepsia, such as abdominal distension and pain, nausea and vomiting. Some patients may not experience any significant discomfort.
Superficial gastritis with mild intestinal metaplasia is usually caused by Helicobacter pylori infection, and should be treated by a gastroenterologist under the guidance of a doctor who can determine the specific cause and severity of the disease.