title: [PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE GASTROPATHY AT HOSPITAL NACIONAL DELSUR - IPSS AREQUIPA]
abstract: An analytic prospective study was done in cirrhotic patients with Portal hypertension to study a new pathology known as Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy. In 73.3 per cent of patients with cirrhosis, hospitalized inthe Gastroenterology Area, Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy was present. Males in the 4th decade of their life were predominant. Mild gastropathy with a mosaic or snake skin endoscopy pattern was the most frequent (60.6%), while in severe gastropathy, the most common pattern was cherry red spots. These lesions were often located in the stomach fundus and body. All the patients presented some vascular alteration and lymphoplasmocytic inflammatory infiltration. No relation was found between the severity of Portal Hypertension or Advanced Liver Disease and changes of the gastric mucosa.
authors.forename: Rusby
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cerpa Polar
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castro Valdivia
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valdez Herrera