Intestinal Metaplasia
Section Editor: Dharam M. Ramnani, MD
Virginia Urology, Richmond, VA, USA
Image Description
The image shows cystitis glandularis, intestinal type in the lamina propria and the usual (typical) type at the surface of a bladder biopsy. The intestinal type of cystitis glandularis consists of mucin-secreting goblet cells and resembles colonic mucosa. When this change is diffuse, it is called intestinal metaplasia.