Acute inflammation is the presence of extravascular polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) in the absence of concurrent chronic inflammation.
Acute gastritis is an cute inflammation in the gastric mucosa is most readily demonstrated as epithelial PMN infiltration, which is never a normal finding.
Etiology
- drugs
- metals
- alcalins
infectious agents
bacterial gastritis
- Helicobacter pylori
- typhoid fever
- diphteria
- systemic sepsis
- Influenza
- CMV
- measles
- acute allergic gastritis
See also
Inflammation
active inflammation
Gastritis