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Comparative Study of Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy in Schistosomiasis and Hepatic Cirrhosis

2002; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 34; Issue: 03 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-2002-20291

1438-8812

Dalton Chaves, Paulo Sakai, Marcos Mucenic, Kiyoshi Iriya, Y. Iriya, S Ishioka,

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Background and Study Aims: Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is a common finding in chronic liver disease, but it has not been evaluated in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis, a significant cause of noncirrhotic portal hypertension worldwide. Our study was aimed at comparing cirrhosis with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis with regard to the endoscopic and histological findings of PHG. Patients and Methods: We included 43 patients with a history of upper digestive hemorrhage, 22 with cirrhosis and 21 with schistosomiasis, without previous surgical or endoscopic treatment. Upper digestive endoscopies with macrobiopsies of the gastric body were prospectively performed in all cases.