Abstract
To clarify whether intraglandular necrotic debris (IND) is a diagnostic clue to noninvasive high-grade neoplasia or invasive neoplasia of the stomach, we reviewed 135 gastric biopsy specimens and 55 surgical materials. Intraglandular necrotic debris is defined as an eosinophilic material with necrotic epithelial fragments within the lumen of a dilated atypical gland. Using the Vienna classification, the incidence of IND in category 4 (noninvasive high-grade neoplasia) and category 5 (invasive neoplasia) was significantly higher than that of category 1 (negative for neoplasia/dysplasia), category 2 (indefinite for neoplasia/dysplasia), and category 3 (noninvasive low-grade neoplasia). The incidence of IND was much higher in category 5 than in category 4 in biopsy specimens. In addition, cases with IND in category 4 in biopsy specimens turned out to be either carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma in the surgical specimens. According to the histologic classification of surgically removed invasive carcinoma, moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma showed the highest incidence of IND. Intraglandular necrotic debris was not found in either signet-ring cell carcinoma or mucinous adenocarcinoma. Our results indicate that IND in biopsy specimens is a diagnostic clue to noninvasive high-grade neoplasia or invasive carcinoma, and the origin of IND may be associated with necrotic atypical epithelium.
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