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[[Image:Gastritis with Sarcina - very high mag.jpg|thumb|right|Micrograph showing Sarcina. [[H&E stain]]. (WC/Librepath)]] 
'''Sarcina''' organisms are seen in gastrointestinal tract.

==General==
*Uncommon.
*Associated with gastroparesis,<ref name=pmid23599657>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ratuapli | first1 = SK. | last2 = Lam-Himlin | first2 = DM. | last3 = Heigh | first3 = RI. | title = Sarcina ventriculi of the stomach: a case report. | journal = World J Gastroenterol | volume = 19 | issue = 14 | pages = 2282-5 | month =  | year = 2013 | doi = 10.3748/wjg.v19.i14.2282 | PMID = 23599657 }}</ref> as may be seen in [[diabetes mellitus]].

Described complications:<ref name=pmid23599657/>
*Gastric perforation.
*Emphysematous gastritis.

Notes:
*''Sarcina ventriculi'' = Gram-positive organism.<ref name=pmid23599657/>

==Gross==
Features:
*Erythema.
*+/-Gastric ulcer. 
*+/-Retained food.

==Microscopic==
Features:<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lam-Himlin | first1 = D. | last2 = Tsiatis | first2 = AC. | last3 = Montgomery | first3 = E. | last4 = Pai | first4 = RK. | last5 = Brown | first5 = JA. | last6 = Razavi | first6 = M. | last7 = Lamps | first7 = L. | last8 = Eshleman | first8 = JR. | last9 = Bhagavan | first9 = B. | title = Sarcina organisms in the gastrointestinal tract: a clinicopathologic and molecular study. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 35 | issue = 11 | pages = 1700-5 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31822911e6 | PMID = 21997690 }}</ref>
*Four purple bodies (tetrad).

===Images===
====Case 1====
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Image: Gastritis with Sarcina - low mag.jpg | Sarcina - low mag.
Image: Gastritis with Sarcina - intermed mag.jpg | Sarcina - intermed. mag.
Image: Gastritis with Sarcina - a1 - intermed mag.jpg | Sarcina - intermed. mag.
Image: Gastritis with Sarcina - high mag.jpg | Sarcina - high mag.
Image: Gastritis with Sarcina - a1 - high mag.jpg | Sarcina - high mag.
Image: Gastritis with Sarcina - very high mag.jpg | Sarcina - very high mag.
Image: Gastritis with Sarcina - a1 - very high mag.jpg | Sarcina - very high mag.
</gallery>
====www====
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193598/figure/F2/ Sarcina (nih.gov)].
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3627895/figure/F2/ Sarcina (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid23599657/>

==See also==
*[[Gastrointestinal pathology]].

==References==
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[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Gastrointestinal pathology]]