PATHOLOGY

Interesting contributions on Helicobacter pylori and gastritis have be en made in the field of disease associations, in particular, gastric u lceration, the natural history of certain topographical patterns, hist ological detection, the pathology of eradication, coccoid forms and th e role of metaplasia. Debate continues about the relationship between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the organism. The latter is n ow established as one cause of gastric giant-fold disease, which in tu rn may be linked with lymphocytic gastritis.