INTRODUCTION In the last fifty years the incidence of gastric cancer in developed countries is a constant trend, but mortality in all countries remains at the same level and ranks second behind lung cancer. In the case of gastric cancer has a far more important the role the early diagnosis compared to prevention. MATERIAL AND METHODS The sample included 200 subjects aged 7-18 years treated at...

We present a case of a 56-year-old man with 3 synchronous gastric tumors. The patient presented with melena, and 3 gastric abnormalities were detected on gastroduodenoscopic examination, including a small ulcerative lesion in the gastric antrum, a submucosal mass in the gastric body, and severe erosion in the fundus. Histological examination of biopsy samples yielded respective diagnoses of gas...

OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between the infection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in gastric mucosa and the syndrome of disharmony between liver and stomach. METHODS Subjects were divided into 2 groups: 30 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and the syndrome of disharmony between liver and stomach in hepatitis group, and 30 patients with chronic gastritis and the syndrome of disharmony...

BACKGROUND Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is an uncommon disease characterized by multiple cystic gastric glands within the submucosa of the stomach. CASE DESCRIPTION Here, we present a case of a 63-year-old man with intermittent epigastric discomfort in whom gastroscopy revealed multiple irregular elevated nodular lesions with smooth surfaces at the anterior of the antrum. Surgical resecti...

Lymphocytic gastritis is a histopathological entity characterised by the accumulation of small lymphocytes in the surface and foveolar epithelium. In order to investigate the correlation between endoscopy and histology in this condition, 192 observations selected on the basis of a presumed diagnosis of erosive or varioliform gastritis were reviewed. Ninety two instances corresponded to lymphocy...

Short-term oral prednisolone was successfully used in the treatment of four patients with chronic erosive gastritis which had failed to respond to conventional therapies. Symptomatic improvement occurred in all patients during the first week of treatment. Gastroduodenoscopy after two weeks showed that the erosions had healed. Remission has continued in these four patients for two, seven, eight,...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The characteristics of pepsinogen screening for gastric cancer were investigated to establish a suitable cut off point for identifying gastric cancer, using endoscopic diagnosis as the yardstick. SUBJECTS/METHODS Serum pepsinogen concentrations were measured in 5113 subjects who were also screened for gastric cancer by endoscopy. The cut off point for pepsinogen was determined...

We have investigated the underlying basis of the lesion in murine autoimmune gastritis, a model of the human disease pernicious anemia. The disease is mediated by T lymphocytes and characterized by selective depletion of parietal and zymogenic cells from the gastric unit (gland) together with gastric epithelial cell hyperplasia. The gastric units of gastritic stomachs contained 2.3-fold more ce...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression and clinicopathological features of matrix metalloproteinase 17 (MMP17; also known as MT4-MMP) and MMP25 (also known as MT6-MMP) in gastric cancer. Immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction were used to detect the expression of MMP17 and MMP25 in 42 cases of gastric carcinoma and normal ti...

SUMMARY OBJECTIVES To study the indications for endoscopy, the endoscopic diagnosis and other lessons learnt. METHODS A retrospective and prospective audit of all upper gastrointestinal endoscopies performed in the Endoscopy Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital from January 1995 to December 2002 was performed. RESULTS A total of 6977 patients, 3777 males and 3200 females with age range 1 ...