title: The prevalence of portal hypertensive gastropathy and duodenopathy in some Egyptian cirrhotic patients.
abstract: Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) and duodenopathy (PHD) are frequent in patients with cirrhosis, both are a dynamic condition that can progress from mild to severe and vice versa or even disappear completely. This study included 300 individuals classified into three groups. G I included 116 patients with mixed liver pathology (post-viral cirrhosis and post-Bilharzial fibrosis). G II included 84 patients with pure post hepatitic viral cirrhosis. Hundred healthy individual of comparable age and sex serving as control group. Upper endoscopic examination was done for all groups; gastric varices, gastric congestion and duodenal congestion were detected in 12%, 19.5% and 14.5%, respectively in Gs I & II with statistically significant difference when they were compared to controls (P- < 0.01). In conclusion, high prevalence of PHG and PHD in cirrhotic patients was either due to post-viral cirrhosis or mixed pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo.
authors.forename: M S S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Elnaser
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elebiary
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Bastawi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Shafei
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Elmagd
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hamza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence