Low power view of a hyperplastic gastric polyp which is composed of elongated, dilated, and architecturally distorted foveolar epithelium within an edematous, congested, and inflamed lamina propria.
Courtesy of Robert Odze, MD.
Graphic 72171 Version 1.0
Normal gastric antrum
Left panel: Normal surface (SE) and foveolar epithelium (FE) and glands (G). Right panel: Higher power view of the glands shows mucous cells (M) and gastrin-secreting endocrine cells (arrows).