The association of oesophagitis with disease in the stomach and duodenum.
The records of all upper digestive endoscopies performed in one year in the Clinical Measurement Department of a teaching hospital serving a population of 250 000 were reviewed; 25% of patients had oesophagitis, which was usually associated with other significant findings such as peptic ulcer and gastroduodenal erosions. Only about 1 in 6 patients with oesophagitis had an endoscopically identified hiatus hernia. Oesophagitis was associated with gastric acid hypersecretion in both men and women.
D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010418:Pentagastrin; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications*
D010418:Pentagastrin