[Morphometric findings on the state of the glandular apparatus of the pyloroantral region of the stomach in peptic ulcer].

Gastric mucosa of 76 stomachs resected for peptic ulcer was examined. On the basis of morphometric methods (the index of pyloric glands weight, the index of intensity of intestinal metaplasia, etc.) the degree of changes in the mucous membrane of the pyloroantral part of the stomach on the anterior wall and the lesser curvature was compared. In the majority of the observations (76.3%) no significant differences in the condition of the glandular apparatus (including the degree of intensity of intestinal metaplasia) of the anterior wall and lesser curvature were found. The average number of Paneth's cells and enterochromaffine cells per 10 cryptae of intestinal metaplasia foci varied within a wide range. The data of other research workers on the lack of clear correlation between the thickness of the mucous membrane and the condition of its glandular apparatus have been confirmed.