Metaplastic columnar epithelium is present adjacent to gastric cardiac mucosa.
The gastric cardiac mucosa from the case above demonstrates reactive nuclear atypia that may be misinterpreted as dysplasia.
Pseudogoblet cells in the gastric mucosa may be contribute to the misinterpretation of dysplasia in this case.
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