title: [The role of endoscopy and histology in the diagnosis of esophagitis].
abstract: An assessment is made of the meaningfulness of endoscopy and histology in the diagnosis of oesophagitis via an examination of 240 endoscopies. An endoscopic diagnosis of oesophagitis was given in 69 cases. Biopsy was performed in only 44 cases. This confirmed the endoscopic diagnosis on all but one occasion. There were 1 histological and 10 endoscopic false negatives. It is suggested, therefore, that perendoscopic biopsy should always be performed to reduce false negatives in cases where oesophagitis or gastro-oesophageal reflux is suspected, or when hiatal hernia (even if asymptomatic) is present.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D004724:Endoscopy; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Il ruolo dell'endoscopia e dell'istologia nella diagnosi di esofagite.