Abstract

ALURRALDE, Carmen et al. Revisión de hallazgos histológicos de biopsias obtenidas por endoscópia digestiva superior de mayo 2006-2007. Gen [online]. 2009, vol.63, n.1, pp.21-24. ISSN 0016-3503.

Introduction: Helicobacter pylori (HP), intestinal atrophic gastritis, intestinal methaplasy, dysplasia and gastric carcinoma are gastric pathologies that depend on a histological diagnosis. Objective: Revision of histological findings obtained by biopsies of the upper digestive tract in the "Dr. Simón Beker" Gastroenterology Service in the Hospital General del Oeste "Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez" May 2006 - 2007. Patients and Methods: Biopsies records of the Service were reviewed, a retrospective, cross sectional, descriptive study was performed; with statistic analysis of the variables, calculations of the arithmetic mean median, standard deviation and chi square. Results: 599 patients, 67.4% female, 32.5% male, mean age of 47.3 years, were found: chronic gastritis 49.4%, HP 37.6%, 4.8% chronic cardioesophagitis, chronic duodenitis 4 5%, 1.7% BarrettÊs esophagus, chronic esophagitis 1.4%, 0.5% duodenitis, complete gastric intestinal methaplasy 1.1% and incomplete 1.8%, poorly differentiated ADC 0.9% and well differentiated 0.08%, 0.7% foveolar hyperplasia, esophageal hyperplasic polyps and ulcerated squamous papilloma 0.08. Of 571 patients with chronic gastritis, 434 (76%) were infected by HP, with a statistically significant association. Conclusion: chronic gastritis and infection by HP are the histological more frequent findings at our center.

Keywords : Histological findings; chronic gastritis; Helicobacter pylori.