Healing Gastric Ulcer
82 year-old man who had presented 6 weeks earlier bleeding from a 3 cm gastric ulcer. Shown here is the ulcer site after 6 weeks of therapy. The ulcer crater is gone, leaving a raised, erythematous area with central scarring. Biopsy revealed chronic gastritis, stromal edema and fibrosis.
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