Table 1

 Tissue selection

LocationNo of samples
Total number of patients, 27.
In two patients, two tissue samples with a different location were investigated and three tissue samples contained two locations.
Specimens contained a malignant neoplasm in 21 patients and inflammatory lesions in six patients.
Gastric corpus4
    Antrum5
Duodenum4
Jejunum proximal2
    Distal3
Ileum5
Appendix vermiformis3
Colon3
Rectum3