Glandular metaplasia This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Glandular_metaplasia".
Glandular metaplasia is a type of metaplasia where irritated tissue converts to a glandular form.
An example occurs in the esophagus, where tissue becomes more similar to the tissue of the stomach.1
Another example occurs in the urinary bladder.2
Cell death: Necrosis (Liquefactive necrosis, Coagulative necrosis, Caseous necrosis) - Apoptosis - Pyknosis - Karyorrhexis - Karyolysis
Cellular adaptation: Atrophy - Hypertrophy - Hyperplasia - Dysplasia - Metaplasia (Squamous, Glandular)
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