Some inflammation or other changes in the tissues of your digestive system, but they don't indicate any serious conditions like cancer or dysplasia (abnormal growth of cells).
EGD Path results32F, symptoms of weight loss, nausea, loss of appetite. Also have LLQ pain. Low platelets, WBC, hemoglobin. Had 2 BMBX in last year that confirmed hypocellularity of bone marrow, no official diagnosis of aplastic anemia or hypoplastic MDSyet. Monitoring blood levels monthly with Hematology. CT CAP showed what turned out to be an ulcer in pelvis, diagnosed via pelvic ultrasound. No further concern and no masses found. Spleen is slightly enlarged but Hematology not concerned.My PCP referred me to GI last year June. GI wouldnt see me until heme/onc cleared me for any cancer. Saw GI end of Nov and had an EGD+colonoscopy yesterday Mar 6.They scheduled a followup in 7 weeks (!) to discuss biopsy results, which I just got a few minutes ago. Any thoughts? Seems like: take a Tums and suck it up? Wasnt really expecting GI to find much but curious what this all means, if anything really. Thanks.Microscopic examination reveals duodenal mucosa with blunted villous architecture, acute and chronic inflammation within the lamina propria and overlying mucosa, Brunner's gland hyperplasia and foveolar metaplasia. Focal reactive epithelial atypia is identified. No evidence of dysplasia or malignancy is identified.Microscopic examination reveals gastric antral mucosa with a chronic inflammatory infiltrate within the superficial lamina propria including clusters of plasma cells. No evidence of Helicobacter pylori, dysplasia or malignancy is identified.