Russell Body Gastritis Disappeared after <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Eradication

Lee, Key Jo; Lim, Won; Kim, Gwang Ha; Jang, Yeo Su; Lee, Jae Hyung; Song, Geun Am

doi:2017.17.2.98

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The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research 2017;17(2):98-102.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7704/kjhugr.2017.17.2.98 Published online June 10, 2017.

Russell Body Gastritis Disappeared after Helicobacter pylori Eradication

Key Jo Lee, Won Lim, Gwang Ha Kim, Yeo Su Jang, Jae Hyung Lee, Geun Am Song

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea. doc0224@pusan.ac.kr
²Department of Internal Medicine, Bong Seng Memorial Hospital, Busan, Korea.

Helicobacter pylori 제균 치료 이후 소실된 Russell 소체 위염 1예

이기조, 임 원, 김광하, 장예수, 이재형¹, 송근암

부산대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실, 김원묵기념 봉생병원 내과¹

Correspondence: Gwang Ha Kim,
Email: doc0224@pusan.ac.kr

Received: 9 January 2017 • Revised: 30 January 2017 • Accepted: 30 January 2017

Abstract

A rare gastric mucosal lesion characterized by Russell body-containing plasma cell infiltration is termed as Russell body gastritis. This lesion is highly suggested to be correlated with Helicobacter pylori-induced chronic gastritis, and often misdiagnosed as mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, plasmacytoma, or xanthoma. However, Russell body gastritis is easily discriminated by its polyclonal immunoreaction to immunoglobulin light chains contrary to monoclonal immunoreaction of neoplastic disease. We report here a case of Russell body gastritis associated with H. pylori infection, which disappeared after H. pylori eradication.

Key Words: Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Russell body; Stomach