An Electron Microscopic Study of the Ciliated Cells in the Human Gastric Mucosa

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Abstract
Ciliated cells were found in the mucosa of the human stomach in 3 patients. In 2 cases they occurred in the pyloric mucosa of patients with intestinal metaplasia who were operated on for duodenal ulcer. In the other case, they occurred within a polypoid lesion. They were located in small limited areas. The cells were densely ciliated, each cilium showing a typical 9 + 2 fibrilar pattern. Ciliated cells are not found in normal gastric mucosa and this suggests that they occur only in pathologically altered mucosa.

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