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Domínguez Cañete JJ, Platas Moreno I. [Duodenitis Russell bodies. Review of the entity and associations beyond H. pylori]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE PATOLOGIA : PUBLICACION OFICIAL DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA Y DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE CITOLOGIA 2024; 57:190-197. [PMID: 38971619 DOI: 10.1016/j.patol.2024.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
Abstract
Plasma cells known as "Mott cells" present non-secretable accumulations of immunoglobulins called "Russell bodies". Its presence is related to hematological neoplasms, but it can appear in chronic inflammatory processes. The most common occurrence within the digestive tract is the gastric antrum associated with H. pylori infection. Our patient is added the rare extragastric cases where the association with H. pylori is inconsistent. We have found a frequent appearance of lower digestive and urological neoplasms in relation to these cases, justified by the expression of circulating cytokines in the tumor area that lead to the overactivation of plasma cells. This possible association could lead us to know data about the tumor environment and serve us for early diagnosis or future therapeutic targets.
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Flerova E, Inniss S, Nwaoduah N, Denicola RP, Huang J. Acute systemic infection-associated Russell body gastroesophagitis: A case report and literature review. HUMAN PATHOLOGY REPORTS 2023; 31:300696. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hpr.2023.300696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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Kiskaddon AL, Wilsey M, Gonzalez-Gomez I, Laks J, Miles A, Carapellucci J, Asante-Korang A. Basiliximab therapy for immune-mediated bowel disease in a pediatric heart transplant patient. Pediatr Transplant 2023; 27:e14443. [PMID: 36419214 DOI: 10.1111/petr.14443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In pediatric patients who undergo heart transplantation, severe immune-mediated bowel disease has been reported. Management is complex, and there are little data discussing the use of basiliximab for immune-mediated bowel disease. This case report discusses a pediatric patient who developed immune-mediated bowel disease following heart transplantation and was successfully managed with basiliximab.
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- Amy L Kiskaddon
- Department of Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA.,Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Balitmore, Marlyand, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
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- Division of Pathology, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
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- Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Balitmore, Marlyand, USA.,Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
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Luo S, Huang X, Li Y, Wang J. Surveillance of Russell body inflammation of the digestive tract: a case report and review of literature. Diagn Pathol 2022; 17:67. [PMID: 36002890 PMCID: PMC9404552 DOI: 10.1186/s13000-022-01242-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Introduction Russell body inflammation of the digestive tract (RBIDT) is a rare chronic inflammation of the digestive tract mucosa that commonly presents as Russell body gastritis (RBG). This disease is usually associated with Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. However, it can also occur in individuals without HP infection and with specific immune profiles, as seen in HIV and hepatitis C infections. The aetiology and pathogenesis of this disease remain controversial. Given the rarity of the disease and the diversity of the immunophenotypes, there is a high probability of misdiagnosis. Case presentation A male patient with RBG and HP infection was included in this study. The case of RBG with an unusual morphology of Mott cells that mimics stamped ring cells.Endoscopy performed during the follow-up revealed regression of the lesion 1 week after anti-HP treatment. Conclusions A case of RBG with a high likelihood of misdiagnosis of signet ring cell carcinoma (SRC) has been reported in this study along with a review of the relevant literature and an overview of RBIDT.
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- Shuai Luo
- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, P.R. China.
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A rare gastric lesion: Russel body gastritis. GASTROENTEROLOGY REVIEW 2020; 15:273-274. [PMID: 33005275 PMCID: PMC7509908 DOI: 10.5114/pg.2020.98536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Peruhova M, Peshevska-Sekulovska M, Georgieva V, Panayotova G, Dikov D. Surveilling Russell body Helicobacter pylori-negative gastritis: A case report and review of literature. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26:5050-5059. [PMID: 32952348 PMCID: PMC7476171 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i33.5050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Russell body gastritis (RBG) is very rare type of chronic inflammation of gastric mucosa. The pathologic hallmark of the disease is Russell bodies (RB) which represent accumulation of eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions in endoplasmic reticulum of mature plasma cells (Mott cells). Most published cases are associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection because of correlation between plasma cell activation and antigenic stimulation. There are insufficient data about H. pylori-negative RBG and very little is known about the natural course of the disease.
CASE SUMMARY A 51-year-old male patient underwent endoscopic screening for mild iron deficiency anemia. Gastroscopy revealed diffuse hyperemia, edema and nodularity of the fundic and corpus mucosa. Due to non-specific endoscopic findings and iron-deficiency anemia our preliminary diagnosis was diffuse type of gastric carcinoma or gastric lymphoma. Biopsy specimens of gastric mucosa showed inflammatory infiltrate rich in Mott cells, consisting entirely of cytoplasmic RB. Absence of nuclear atypia and mitosis of the plasma cells, polyclonal pattern of the Mott cells and negative staining for cytokeratins favored diagnosis of RBG. The patient was treated with proton-pump inhibitor for 8 wk. Long-term clinical and endoscopic surveillance was scheduled. Albeit, there was no improvement in endoscopic features of the gastric mucosa in three consecutive gastroscopies, histopathological findings demonstrated that the chronic inflammatory infiltrate in the fundic mucosa is less pronounced, rich in plasma cells, with almost absent RB and Mott cells.
CONCLUSION The prognosis of this entity is uncertain, that is why these patients are subjects of continuous follow up.
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- Milena Peruhova
- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria
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- Department of General and Clinical pathology, Grand Hôpital de l'Est Francilien, Jossigny 77600, France
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Russell body gastritis is caused by an accumulation of plasma cells
within the gastric mucosa. These plasma cells are characterized by
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions of immunoglobulin which are called
“Russell bodies”. We report a case of Russell body gastritis in a
28-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain and rectal
bleeding. Endoscopy showed erosions with edema and vascular congestion
in the gastric body and antrum. The biopsy showed chronic gastritis
with plasma cell infiltration of the lamina propria. Many plasma cells
contained cytoplasmic Russell bodies which stained positive for CD138,
CD79a, Kappa and lambda light chains. The Russell bodies were negative
for pancytokeratin, excluding signet ring cell carcinoma. Russell body
gastritis is an uncommon, benign reactive condition.
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- J Qiao
- Department of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center/Paul L Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas, U.S.A
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Science Center/Paul L Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas, U.S.A
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- Department of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center/Paul L Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas, U.S.A
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Analysis of clinical and histopathological findings in Russell body gastritis and duodenitis. Ann Diagn Pathol 2019; 40:66-71. [PMID: 31031217 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Russell body gastritis is considered as a rare, benign, incidental finding characterized by dense accumulation of plasma cells containing Russell bodies in the lamina propria. In this study, clinical and histopathological features of 12 cases of Russell body gastritis/duodenitis were presented. MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinical data, histopathological findings including Helicobacter pylori infection, Sydney system classification, Russell body density and immunohistochemical findings were evaluated in 11 gastric and 1 duodenal mucosal biopsy from 11 patients. RESULTS Six cases were male, 5 were female and the mean age was 72 (44-87). The most common site was antrum (10/12), one case was located in cardia and one in heterotopic gastric mucosa of duodenal bulb. H. pylori was detected in half of the cases. One of the cases was accompanied by gastric tubular adenoma, one by gastric well-differentiated adenocarcinoma and one by plasma cell neoplasm. In all cases, globules were positive with PAS stain. CONCLUSION Russell body gastritis must be kept in mind while reporting endoscopic biopsies because this entity may be misdiagnosed as signet ring carcinoma and may be associated with neoplasms. Absence of nuclear atypia, mucin stains, cytokeratins, plasma cell and hematolymphoid antigen markers are useful in differential diagnosis. Associated H. pylori infection, as well as rarely carcinomas, adenomas and plasma cell neoplasms, may be observed.
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Russell Bodies and Russell Body Inflammatory Polyp in the Colorectum: A Review of Clinicopathologic Features. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 2018:2845291. [PMID: 30151376 PMCID: PMC6087615 DOI: 10.1155/2018/2845291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Colorectal mucosa with Russell bodies is a reactive inflammatory lesion composed of mature plasma cells, known as Mott cells which contain multiple intracytoplasmic eosinophilic globules. To the best of our knowledge, 3 case reports of colorectal Russell body containing lesions have been reported in the English literature (searched from 1980 to date), including just one case report of Colonic Russell body inflammatory polyp. Their importance lies in being aware of this unusual entity, recognizing it as well as the clinical scenario in which this typically arises and differentiating it from its malignant mimics that come in the histologic differential. This review discusses the clinical and endoscopic presentation, histopathologic features, ancillary studies, pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of this rare lesion.
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Cortes-Santiago N, Schady DA. Kappa restricted Russell body gastroenteritis in two pediatric patients. HUMAN PATHOLOGY: CASE REPORTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ehpc.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Yorita K, Iwasaki T, Uchita K, Kuroda N, Kojima K, Iwamura S, Tsutsumi Y, Ohno A, Kataoka H. Russell body gastritis with Dutcher bodies evaluated using magnification endoscopy. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2017; 9:417-424. [PMID: 28874963 PMCID: PMC5565508 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v9.i8.417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Russell body gastritis (RBG) is an unusual type of chronic gastritis characterized by marked infiltration of Mott cells, which are plasma cells filled with spherical eosinophilic bodies referred to as Russell bodies. It was initially thought that Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection was a major cause of RBG and that the infiltrating Mott cells were polyphenotypic; however, a number of cases of RBG without H. pylori infection or with monoclonal Mott cells have been reported. Thus, diagnostic difficulty exists in distinguishing RBG with monoclonal Mott cells from malignant lymphoma. Here, we report an unusual case of an 86-year-old-Japanese man with H. pylori-positive RBG. During the examination of melena, endoscopic evaluation confirmed a 13-mm whitish, flat lesion in the gastric antrum. Magnification endoscopy with narrow-band imaging suggested that the lesion was most likely a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Biopsy findings were consistent with chronic gastritis with many Mott cells with intranuclear inclusions referred to as Dutcher bodies. Endoscopic submucosal dissection confirmed the diagnosis of RBG with kappa-restricted monoclonal Mott cells. Malignant lymphoma was unlikely given the paucity of cytological atypia and Ki-67 immunoreactivity of monoclonal Mott cells. This is the first reported case of RBG with endoscopic diagnosis of malignant tumor and the presence of Dutcher bodies.
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Joo M. Rare Gastric Lesions Associated with Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Histopathological Review. J Pathol Transl Med 2017; 51:341-351. [PMID: 28592787 PMCID: PMC5525039 DOI: 10.4132/jptm.2017.04.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma, and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. However, some rare gastric lesions exhibiting distinctive histological features may also be associated with H. pylori infection, including lymphocytic gastritis, granulomatous gastritis, Russell body gastritis, or crystal-storing histiocytosis. Although diverse factors can contribute to their development, there is convincing evidence that H. pylori infection may play a pathogenic role. These findings are mainly based on studies in patients with these lesions who exhibited clinical and histological improvements after H. pylori eradication therapy. Thus, H. pylori eradication therapy might be indicated in patients with no other underlying disease, particularly in countries with a high prevalence of H. pylori infection. This review describes the characteristic histological features of these rare lesions and evaluates the evidence regarding a causative role for H. pylori infection in their pathogenesis.
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- Mee Joo
- Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea
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Russell body gastroenteritis has been reported as a reactive inflammatory process in most cases and many of the reports were from the upper gastrointestinal tract, especially the stomach, which may be associated with Helicobacter pylori infection and rarely associated with gastric carcinoma. Russell body containing Mott cells have been rarely seen in Barrett’s esophagus and duodenum, and only 2 cases have been reported in colon, including a transplant patient with diarrhea and a rectal tubulovillous adenoma. In this article, we report another localized form of Russell body containing Mott cells in colon as an inflammatory polyp without adenomatous change.
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- Ryan F. Coates
- University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA
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Goto A, Okamoto T, Matsumoto M, Saito H, Yanai H, Itoh H, Sakaida I. Chronological Endoscopic and Pathological Observations in Russell Body Duodenitis. Clin Endosc 2016; 49:387-90. [PMID: 26999017 PMCID: PMC4977740 DOI: 10.5946/ce.2015.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A 64-year-old man was found to have a nodule in his right lung. He also complained of nausea and abdominal pain during the clinical course. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a duodenal ulcer associated with severe stenosis and a suspicion of malignancy. However, three subsequent biopsies revealed no evidence of malignancy. The fourth biopsy showed scattered large eosinophilic cells with an eccentric nucleus, leading to a diagnosis of Russell body duodenitis (RBD). RBD is an extremely rare disease, and little is known about its etiology and clinical course. The pathogenesis of RBD is discussed based on our experience with this case.
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- Atsushi Goto
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hagi Civil Hospital, Hagi, Japan
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- Department of General Medicine, Hagi Civil Hospital, Hagi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kanmon Medical Center, Shimonoseki, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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CENGIZ PEKER B, Secil KIRDOK F, DIZEN H. Russell Body Gastritis: an Unusually Presentation of the Chronic Gastritis. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2016; 11:452-455. [PMID: 28974965 PMCID: PMC5604109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Russell body gastritis is a rare form of chronic gastritis. It is characterized by the invasion of lamina propria by plasma cells that included eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion. In the literature, most of the cases are associated with Helicobacter pylori. Russell body gastritis and Helicobacter pylori infection are generally seen together incidentally. We report here two cases of Russell body gastritis with Helicobacterpylori infection in a 51-yr-old woman and a 39-yr-old man from Eskisehir, Turkey.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Yunus Emre State Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Surgery, Yunus Emre State Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey
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Muthukumarana V, Segura S, O'Brien M, Siddiqui R, El-Fanek H. "Russell Body Gastroenterocolitis" in a Posttransplant Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Int J Surg Pathol 2015; 23:667-72. [PMID: 26310272 DOI: 10.1177/1066896915601893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Russell bodies represent a cellular response to overstimulation of plasma cells, leading to the accumulation of abundant, nondegradable, condensed immunoglobulin in dilated rough endoplasmic reticulum cisternae. Russell body gastritis was first described 1998 by Tazawa and Tsutsumi. Since then only 39 cases involving the gastrointestinal tract have been reported in English literature, which include Russell body gastritis, duodenitis, and esophagitis. We report a case of a 44-year-old female with a history of diabetes mellitus, status post kidney and pancreas transplant who presented with multiple episodes of watery diarrhea associated with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Upper gastroendoscopic examination showed diffuse mild erythema in the gastric body and a clean-based duodenal ulcer. Lower gastroendoscopic examination was normal. Examination of multiple biopsies from duodenal, gastric, terminal ileum, and colonic mucosae revealed numerous plasma cells with abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasm (Russell bodies) and eccentric nuclei, highlighted by PAS stain and CD 138 plasma cell marker. Helicobacter pylori stains were performed on gastric biopsies and were negative for organisms. To date, there are no cases described in English literature with multifocal Russell body infiltrates in gastrointestinal tract in a single patient including ileum and/or colon. This makes our case the first to be reported with these unique findings; thus, the spectrum of Russell body-associated chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract would be more suitably referred to as "Russell body gastroenterocolitis."
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- Western Connecticut Health Network, Danbury, CT, USA
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- Western Connecticut Health Network, Danbury, CT, USA
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- Western Connecticut Health Network, Danbury, CT, USA
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Russell body gastritis/duodenitis: a case series and description of immunoglobulin light chain restriction. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol 2014; 38:e89-97. [PMID: 25001185 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Russell body esophago-gastro-duodenitis is an unusual form of chronic inflammation, with only 22 cases being reported in PubMed. However, the prevalence and clinical significance remain unknown. This report describes the clinico-pathological characteristics of nine cases of Russell body gastritis (RBG) and one case of Russell body duodentitis (RBD), with nonspecific endoscopic appearance. The Mott cells (plasma cells with Russell bodies) showed κ light chain restriction in eight gastritis cases and λ light chain restriction in the duodentitis case, and there were no histological features that suggested lymphoma. Thus, a diagnosis of monoclonal RBG/RBD was made. Helicobacter pylori infection was found in 55.6% of RBG cases and in the RBD case. And, the clinical follow-up evaluations were uneventful. This report is the first study to describe this benign disease entity with monoclonality on a large-scale basis. In addition, the monoclonality of Mott cells cannot be used as evidence of an existing neoplastic lesion, and taken together, these findings may indicate a reactive process.
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Klair JS, Girotra M, Kaur A, Aduli F. Helicobacter pylori-negative Russell body gastritis: does the diagnosis call for screening for plasmacytic malignancies, especially multiple myeloma? BMJ Case Rep 2014; 2014:bcr-2013-202672. [PMID: 24671320 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Russell body gastritis (RBG) is a rare entity with unestablished pathophysiology, endoscopic findings, clinical manifestations and treatments. Literature is scarce on this clinical entity with unclear clinical significance. Of 18 cases reported, 12 tested (+) for Helicobacter pylori and improved with treatment, but it remains unclear whether this link is coincidental or bears some clinical significance. We describe a case of elderly woman who had a follow-up oesophagogastroduodenoscopy for chronic peptic ulcers, and biopsy showed positive immunohistochemical stains for κ and λ, indicating a polytypic population of plasma cells. Immunostaining for H pylori was negative. Biopsies were also (-) for gastric carcinoma, lymphoma and plasmacytoma. Considering her RGB-suggestive histology and her symptoms of bone pains and anaemia, multiple myeloma screening was considered clinically relevant. The purpose of this review was to educate clinicians and gastroenterologists about this unique entity and explore its association with multiple myeloma or other plamacytic malignancies.
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- Jagpal Singh Klair
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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Russell body gastroenteritis: an aberrant manifestation of chronic inflammation in gastrointestinal mucosa. Case Rep Med 2013; 2013:797264. [PMID: 24198839 PMCID: PMC3808711 DOI: 10.1155/2013/797264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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First described in 1998, Russell body gastritis is a rare chronic inflammatory condition characterized by abundant intramucosal polyclonal plasma cells, which contain intracytoplasmic eosinophilic globules of immunoglobulins (Russell bodies) that displace the nucleus, with an accompanying chronic inflammatory infiltrate. Russell bodies represent a cellular response to overstimulation of plasma cells, leading to the accumulation of abundant, nondegradable, condensed immunoglobulin in dilated rough endoplasmic reticulum cisternae. Russell body gastritis usually occurs in the gastric antrum, but two cases of Russell body duodenitis have been recently described. Herein, we report an unusual case of Barrett esophagus with prominent lymphoplasmacytic infiltration and Russell bodies, which expands the current spectrum of Russell body gastritis/duodenitis. Given the various anatomic locations in which Russell body gastritis may arise, we suggest that “Russell body gastroenteritis” may be a more appropriate designation for this uncommon reactive condition.
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Kai K, Miyahara M, Tokuda Y, Kido S, Masuda M, Takase Y, Tokunaga O. A case of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract showing extensive plasma cell differentiation with prominent Russell bodies. World J Clin Cases 2013; 1:176-180. [PMID: 24303496 PMCID: PMC3845945 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v1.i5.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2013] [Revised: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A 73-year-old Japanese woman was hospitalized for detailed examination of nausea, diarrhea and loss of appetite. Atypical erosion in the ileum was found on endoscopy. Biopsy of this erosion showed proliferation of cells containing numerous Russell bodies. Differential diagnoses considered were Russell body enteritis, crystal-storing histiocytosis, Mott cell tumor, immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. The cells containing prominent Russell bodies showed diffuse positivity for CD79a and CD138, but negative results for CD20, CD3, UCHL-1, CD38 and CD68. Russell bodies were diffusely positive for lambda light chain, but negative for kappa light chain, and immunoglobulin (Ig) G, IgA and IgM. Based on these findings, Russell body enteritis, crystal-storing histiocytosis and IPSID were ruled out. As the tumor formed no mass lesions and was restricted to the gastrointestinal tract, MALT lymphoma with extensive plasma cell differentiation was finally diagnosed. The patient showed an unexpectedly aggressive clinical course. The number of atypical lymphocytes in peripheral blood gradually increased and T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) emerged. The patient died of T-PLL 7 mo after admission. Autopsy was not permitted.
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Takahashi Y, Shimizu S, Uraushihara K, Fukusato T. Russell body duodenitis in a patient with retroperitoneal metastasis of ureteral cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19:125-8. [PMID: 23326174 PMCID: PMC3542750 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i1.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2012] [Revised: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Russell bodies are globular and eosinophilic inclusion bodies in the cytoplasm of mature plasma cells. Plasma cells whose cytoplasm is filled with Russell bodies are designated as Mott cells. Russell body duodenitis (RBD) is a unique form of chronic duodenitis that is characterized by infiltration of numerous Mott cells. RBD is very rare; only two cases have been reported to date. In this paper, we report a case of RBD in a patient with retroperitoneal metastasis of ureteral cancer. A 77-year-old man was admitted to our hospital complaining of appetite loss, vomiting, and upper abdominal distension. He had undergone left nephroureterectomy for ureteral cancer 4 years earlier. Upper digestive tract endoscopy revealed edema, stenosis, and punctate redness of the mucosa of the duodenum, and a biopsy was performed. Histological analysis showed that numerous Mott cells had infiltrated the lamina propria mucosae, and the condition was diagnosed as RBD. A mass lesion in the retroperitoneum adjacent to the duodenum was detected by abdominal computed tomography, and was diagnosed as metastatic urothelial carcinoma by biopsy. It is possible that chemokines produced by tumor cells caused RBD in this case.
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Yoon JB, Lee TY, Lee JS, Yoon JM, Jang SW, Kim MJ, Lee SJ, Kim TO. Two Cases of Russell Body Gastritis Treated by Helicobacter pylori Eradication. Clin Endosc 2012; 45:412-6. [PMID: 23251890 PMCID: PMC3521944 DOI: 10.5946/ce.2012.45.4.412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Revised: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Russell body gastritis was first defined in 1998, but not many cases have been reported since then. The exact causes and process of this condition are unknown yet; however, considering the reported cases, it has been highly suggested to have correlation with Helicobacter pylori infection. Russell body gastritis has a non-specific clinical presentation of gastritis such as gastric mucosal edema in the macroscopic view. It can be mistaken as xanthoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, or a malignant lymphoma including mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma and plasmocytoma. Russell body gastritis features polyclonal immunoglobulin and is differentiated from Mott cancer, of which immune globulin has monoclonal aspect. Authors report here two cases of Russell body gastritis with examined endoscopic findings as well as a review of related literature on the association of all reported cases of Russell body gastritis with H. pylori infection.
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- Jung Bin Yoon
- Department of Internal Medicine, Good Samsun Hospital, Busan, Korea
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Paniz Mondolfi A, Samuel M, Kikhney J, Moter A, Feldman D, Slova D, Filatov A, Theise N. Russell body duodenitis: a histopathological and molecular approach to a rare clinical entity. Pathol Res Pract 2012; 208:415-9. [PMID: 22673188 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2012.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Russell bodies are pink eosinophilic accumulations within plasma cells. To date, two hypotheses have attempted to elucidate the biological events behind the formation of these bodies. One theory sustains that such bodies constitute cytoplasmic accumulation of immunoglobulin derivatives contained in the perinuclear cistern of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum because of an increased synthesis or altered secretion. On the other hand, since its initial description in the medical literature, several authors have attributed the formation of such bodies to the presence of microorganisms such as in the case of Russell body gastritis and its association to Helicobacter pylori infection. In an attempt to possibly characterize the presence of an infectious organism, we performed a thorough biomolecular analysis on a case of a 69-year-old female presenting with Russell body duodenitis which, to the best of our knowledge, constitutes the second report of this clinical entity in the English literature. In light that the events behind formation of such bodies in H. pylori-negative individuals remain unclear, we hypothesize on the possible pathways that could have led to their reactive mechanical and immune derivation.
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- Alberto Paniz Mondolfi
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons), New York, NY 10025, USA.
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Choi J, Eun Lee H, Byeon SJ, Nam KH, Kim MA, Kim WH. Russell body gastritis presented as a colliding lesion with a gastric adenocarcinoma: A case report. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-9294.2012.01127.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Research published over the past year has documented the continued decline of Helicobacter pylori-related peptic ulcer disease and increased recognition of non-H. pylori, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ulcer disease--idiopathic ulcers. Despite reduced prevalence of uncomplicated PUD, rates of ulcer complications and associated mortality remain stubbornly high. The role of H. pylori in functional dyspepsia is unclear, with some authors considering H. pylori-associated nonulcer dyspepsia a distinct organic entity. There is increasing acceptance of an inverse relationship between H. pylori and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), but little understanding of how GERD might be more common/severe in H. pylori-negative subjects. Research has focused on factors such as different H. pylori phenotypes, weight gain after H. pylori eradication, and effects on hormones such as ghrelin that control appetite.
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- Alaa Alakkari
- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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