Parasitic duodenitis.
Sixty-two patients presenting with upper abdominal pain of the non-ulcer dyspepsia type, and radiological signs of duodenitis, were investigated for parasites; biopsies of the duodenum were performed, both by capsule and by endoscopy. The findings were compared with a group of 18 healthy controls with and without parasites. The group of 36 patients with parasites showed a significant degree of inflammatory infiltrate compared to the non-parasitized patients and to the control group.
D004382:Duodenitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography