[Morphometric characterization of intestinal metaplasia of the mucosa of the pyloric antrum section of the stomach in ulcer disease].

71 stomachs removed because of ulcer were examined. It was confirmed that atrophic changes and intestinal metaplasia of the stomach mucous membrane are more pronounced in the stomach ulcer than in duodenal ulcer. There were no significant quantitative differences in the state of glandular apparatus in the anterior wall and small curvature of the stomach. The mean content of the border enterocytes in stomach ulcer was 78.8%, duodenal ulcer-86.9%: goblet cells-15.3% and 9.9%, Panet cells-2.7 and 1.14%, respectively, enterochromaffin cells-3.2 and 2.06%, respectively.