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  2. Oral submucous fibrosis - Wikipedia

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    Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic, complex, premalignant (1% transformation risk) condition of the oral cavity, characterized by juxta-epithelial inflammatory reaction and progressive fibrosis of the submucosal tissues (the lamina propria and deeper connective tissues).

  3. Submucosa - Wikipedia

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    The submucosa (or tela submucosa) is a thin layer of tissue in various organs of the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and genitourinary tracts. It is the layer of dense irregular connective tissue that supports the mucosa (mucous membrane) and joins it to the muscular layer, the bulk of overlying smooth muscle (fibers running circularly within layer of longitudinal muscle).

  4. Peptic ulcer disease - Wikipedia

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    The diagnosis is mainly established based on the characteristic symptoms. Stomach pain is the most common sign of a peptic ulcer. [13] More specifically, peptic ulcers erode the muscularis mucosae, at minimum reaching to the level of the submucosa (contrast with erosions, which do not involve the muscularis mucosae). [36]

  5. Gastrointestinal wall - Wikipedia

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    The submucosa consists of a dense and irregular layer of connective tissue with blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves branching into the mucosa and muscular layer. It contains the submucous plexus , and enteric nervous plexus , situated on the inner surface of the muscular layer.

  6. Lamina propria - Wikipedia

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    The lamina propria is a loose connective tissue, hence it is not as fibrous as the underlying connective tissue of the submucosa. [4] [self-published source?] The connective tissue and architecture of the lamina propria is very compressible and elastic, this can be seen in organs that require expansion such as the bladder. [5]

  7. Zenker's diverticulum - Wikipedia

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    It is a pseudo diverticulum or false diverticulum (only involving the mucosa and submucosa of the esophageal wall, not the adventitia), also known as a pulsion diverticulum. It was named in 1877 after German pathologist Friedrich Albert von Zenker .

  8. Gastric folds - Wikipedia

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    Thickening of the gastric folds may be observed by endoscopy or radiography and may aid in the differential diagnosis of many disease processes including: [3] Gastritis The folds become very thick due to inflammation. [7] Peptic ulcer disease Ulcers cause breaks in the mucosa and cause erosion of the sub-mucosa. Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

  9. Mucositis - Wikipedia

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    Diagnosis is based on the symptoms the patient is experiencing and the appearance of the tissues of the mouth following chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants or radiotherapy. Red burn-like sores or ulcers throughout the mouth is enough to diagnose mucositis.