Reactive gastropathy

Reactive gastropathy
Micrograph of a reactive gastropathy. H&E stain.
SpecialtyPathology, gastroenterology

Reactive gastropathy, chemical gastropathy also called gastritis of « C type » or "chemical gastritis"[1] is an abnormality in the stomach caused by chemicals, e.g. bile, alcohol, and characteristically has minimal inflammation.

  1. ^ Wyatt JI, Dixon MF (1988). "Chronic gastritis—a pathogenesis approach". The Journal of Pathology. 40 (154): 113–24. doi:10.1002/path.1711540203. PMID 3280764. S2CID 28410354.