title: Histopathological pattern of benign endoscopic gastric biopsies in Western Saudi Arabia: A review of 1236 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the histopathological pattern of gastritis and benign gastric diseases in western Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  METHODS
  TThis retrospective histopathology-based study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, and comprised medical records of all patients who were diagnosed to have benign gastric diseases from January 2006 to December 2015.SPSS 19 was used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1,236 patients, 669(54.1%) were males and 567(45.9%)were females. The overall mean age was 43±10.75 years (range: 10-100 years). Besides, 755(61.1%) patients were in the age group of 20-49 years. Gastritis was diagnosed in 1,105(89.4%) cases, 1,091(88.3%) of which were chronic. Benign polypi was found in 34(2.75%) cases and normal biopsies in 97(7.85%) cases. Helicobacter pylori organisms were detected in 402(32.5%) cases. Helicobacter pylori gastritis was active in 331(82.5%) cases, atrophic in 4(0.9%) and metaplastic in 11(2.7%) cases. The mean age of gastric polypi patients was 50.1±12.52 years (range: 16-90 years). Hyperplastic polypi was seen in 30(88.2%) cases. Fundic gland polypi were found in 4(11.8%) cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Benign gastric diseases appeared to affect the younger individuals. Gastritis was more prevalent and benign polypi was less so.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Zeinab Moustafa
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Elsawaf
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdulkader Mohammed
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Albasri
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Akbar Shah
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hussainy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, King Fahad Hospital, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ahmed Safar
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Alhujaily
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Endoscopic biopsies, Helicobacter pylori, Gastric polypi, Western Saudi Arabia, Al-Madinah.  