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KMID : 0376219960320010059
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Chonnam Medical Journal
1996 Volume.32 No. 1 p.59 ~ p.68
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Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Features in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
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Kim Ki-Tae
Park Chang-Hwan
Kim Sin-Mook
Koo Cheol
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Abstract
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It is well known that various upper gastrointestinal lesions besides esophageal varices, such as gastric varices, congestive gastropathy, peptic ulcer and erosive gastritis are more frequent in liver cirrhosis. In recent years, many workers reported that endoscopic features of upper gastrointestinal tract in cirrohtic patients. However, the pathogenesis and pathophyusiology have not been established. To investigate the incidence and relating factors of upper gastrointestinal lesions, the author observed the endoscopic features in 206 patients with liver cirrhosis in Chonnam University Hospital from January 1993 to June 1995. The results were as follows: 1) The incidence of upper gastrointestinal lesions were as follows: esophageal varices 77.7%(160/206), gastric ulcer 19.4%(40/206), duodenal ulcer 10.7(22/206), erosive gastritis 18.4%(38/206) 2) There was no difference in the frequency of upper gastrointestinal lesions according to the Child-Pugh’s classification. 3) The incidence of gastric ulcer was more frequent in habitual alchholics (p<0.05). 4) The incidence of congestive gastropathy was more frequent in patients with high spleen index or thrombocytopenia(p<0.01). These findings suggest that the incidence of gastric ulcer in cirrhotic patients is related to the habitual alcohol drinking and congestive gastropathy is significantly correlated with the severity of splenomegaly or thrombocytopenia
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