This study was undertaken to characterize 88 tumors of the muscularis mucosae of the colon and rectum. Seventy tumors were obtained form the files of AFIP and 18 cases from the Department of ...

3, 4, 5 Although the usually thin, wispy, and often discontinuous smooth muscle fibers of the muscularis mucosae that are closely associated with the blood vessels of the LP can readily be ...

The finding of collagenous encapsulation of Brunner's glands and pathological changes in the muscularis mucosae in a duodenal biopsy from a patient with severe progressive systemic sclerosis ...

To the Editor: The important contribution by Goulston and McGovern in the August 7 issue of the NEJM presents "evidence that stricture formation in ulcerative colitis is due to hypertrophy and ...

Since adenomas are not cancers yet, the basement membrane is intact as is the muscularis mucosae. In colonic adenomas there is low grade cellular dysplasia. There may be reduced intracellular ...