Collagenous gastritis: Review

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Mar 16, 2015; 7(3): 265-273
Published online Mar 16, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i3.265

Collagenous gastritis: Review

Kenya Kamimura, Masaaki Kobayashi, Yuichi Sato, Yutaka Aoyagi, Shuji Terai

Kenya Kamimura, Masaaki Kobayashi, Yuichi Sato, Yutaka Aoyagi, Shuji Terai, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8510, Japan

Author contributions: Kamimura K, Kobayashi M, Sato Y and Aoyagi Y and Terai S contributed to this paper.

Conflict-of-interest: The authors declare that they do not have a current financial arrangement or affiliation with any organisation that may have a direct interest in their work.

Correspondence to: Kenya Kamimura, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachido-ri, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan. kenya-k@med.niigata-u.ac.jp

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Received: October 2, 2014
Peer-review started: October 11, 2014
First decision: October 28, 2014
Revised: November 3, 2014
Accepted: December 16, 2014
Article in press: December 17, 2014
Published online: March 16, 2015
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Core tip: The diagnosis of collagenous gastritis is based on the histological findings of collagen bands thicker than 10 μm in the subepithelial layer and infiltration of inflammatory mononuclear cells in the lamina propria. Similar histological changes are seen in the colon in collagenous colitis. While there are many cases of collagenous colitis published in the literature, there are only 60 reported cases of collagenous gastritis since the disease was first identified in 1989. The present review discusses the characteristics of this disease entity and summarizes the cases reported to date. Better knowledge and understanding of collagenous gastritis will help physicians to diagnose the disease, and the accumulation of future cases will help to develop a standard therapeutic strategy.