Benign Gastric Ulcer in Antrum

Features favoring benign ulcer include: 1) small size; 2) mucosa surrounding ulcer base is not tumefactive; and 3) radiating rugal folds extend nearly all the way to the margins of the base; however, the gross criteria for separating benign gastric ulcers from malignant are not always reliable. Image Courtesy of : Ed Uthman, MD, Houston, Texas. Used with permission