Figure 3.
Autoimmune gastritis. Biopsy from the gastric body. Severe intestinal metaplasia (type I, complete), with intestinalization of gastric mucosa and villous transformation with absorptive and goblet cells; Paneth cells with acidophilic granular cytoplasm are presented at the base of the glands. Hematoxylin and eosin stain. ×200 (from the personal archive of Professor S.I. Mozgovoi).