Intestinal Metaplasia

  Gastroscopy

Intestinal metaplasia is a condition in which the cells that create the lining of the stomach change into intestinal epithelial cells. It’s considered a precancerous condition.

ESGE guideline 2019:

Patients with mild to moderate atrophy/intestinal metaplasia only in antrum do not need follow-up (evidence level 4, recommendation grade D).

Reference:

Shah, S. C., Gupta, S., Li, D., Morgan, D., Mustafa, R. A., & Gawron, A. J. (2020). Spotlight: Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia. Gastroenterology, 158(3), 704. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2020.01.012