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A case is presented of an eosinophilic granuloma of the stomach in a 59-year-old female, which was studied by light and electron microscopy and shown to belong to the same group of lesions as eosinophilic granuloma of the lung and bone (histiocytosis X).
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This work was supported by a research grant from the “Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia”, Spain.
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Vazquez, J.J., Ayestaran, J.R. Eosinophilic granuloma of the stomach similar to that of bone. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 366, 107–111 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433584
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