Vnitr Lek 1999, 45(2):85-89
[Is gastric carditis associated with antral gastritis in patients with non-ulcer dyspesia and Helicobatcer pylori infection?].
- Interni a gastroenterologická privátní ambulance, Podborany.
UNLABELLED: Helicobacter pylori is the most frequent cause of antral gastritis type B. Little is known about the affection of the gastric cardia by inflammation associated with H. pylori infection.
OBJECTIVE: Assess the status of morphological changes of the cardia in the presence of H. pylori infection in patients with non-ulcer dyspesia.
METHODS: AND PATIENTS: 251 consecutive dyspeptic patients with H.pylori infection were subjected to endoscopic examination of the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. Six biopsies were taken (2 antrum, 2, corpus, 2 cardia) for histological (HaE) and microscopic (Giemsa) status, scored according to the Sydney classification.
RESULTS: Chronic inflammation and its activity reached similar values in the antrum and cardia, the difference was not statistically significant (p>0.05). The findings of H.pylori and intestinal metaplasia (IM) were higher in the antrum than in the cardia (p
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cardia, microbiology, ; Dyspepsia, etiology, ; Female; Gastritis, microbiology, ; Gastroscopy; Helicobacter Infections, complications, ; Helicobacter pylori; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pyloric Antrum, microbiology,
Published: February 1, 1999 Show citation