1. Chronic Peptic Ulcer, Stomach - Gross
This autopsy specimen from another patient demonstrates a sharply
punched-out, large, mucosal defect or ulcer. The gross features of a
benign gastric ulcer are sufficiently different from an irregular
ulcerated gastric carcinoma with heaped-up borders to help
differentiate radiographically in the vast majority of cases. It is
important to confirm the diagnosis by endoscopy and multiple
biopsies. Do chronic peptic ulcers undergo malignant transformation?
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