BACKGROUND: There have been conflicting reports concerning the use of cardia biopsies in screening patients for gastro-oesophageal disease. AIM: To define the histopathological changes in the gastric cardia of patients with and without gastro-oesophageal disease. METHODS: Topographically mapped gastric biopsy specimens were obtained from patients with gastro-oesophageal disease and from controls. Biopsies were scored on a visual analogue scale of 0 to 5 for Helicobacter pylori, intestinal metaplasia, pancreatic metaplasia, foveolar hyperplasia, and active inflammation. The presence or absence of cardiac glands was recorded. RESULTS: Sixty-five patients with gastro-oesophageal disease and 71 controls were examined. Intestinal metaplasia was present in cardia biopsies of 10 patients with gastro-oesophageal disease and 11 controls. Only two patients with gastro-oesophageal disease and intestinal metaplasia in the cardia had no evidence of exposure to H pylori. Intestinal metaplasia was not found in the cardia of those with long segment Barrett's oesophagus. Carditis was strongly associated with active H pylori infection (p = 0.000) and resolved after treatment of the infection. A negative association was present between gastro-oesophageal disease and the presence of cardiac glands in cardiac biopsies (p = 0.003). Pancreatic metaplasia was found in 15 of 65 and foveolar hyperplasia in 19 of 65 cases but neither was related to gastro-oesophageal disease. CONCLUSION: Intestinal metaplasia in the cardia is uncommon in gastro-oesophageal disease in the absence of H pylori infection. With chronic H pylori infection the junction between the cardia and corpus expands in a cardia-corpal direction.
BACKGROUND: There have been conflicting reports concerning the use of cardia biopsies in screening patients for gastro-oesophageal disease. AIM: To define the histopathological changes in the gastric cardia of patients with and without gastro-oesophageal disease. METHODS: Topographically mapped gastric biopsy specimens were obtained from patients with gastro-oesophageal disease and from controls. Biopsies were scored on a visual analogue scale of 0 to 5 for Helicobacter pylori, intestinal metaplasia, pancreatic metaplasia, foveolar hyperplasia, and active inflammation. The presence or absence of cardiac glands was recorded. RESULTS: Sixty-five patients with gastro-oesophageal disease and 71 controls were examined. Intestinal metaplasia was present in cardia biopsies of 10 patients with gastro-oesophageal disease and 11 controls. Only two patients with gastro-oesophageal disease and intestinal metaplasia in the cardia had no evidence of exposure to H pylori. Intestinal metaplasia was not found in the cardia of those with long segment Barrett's oesophagus. Carditis was strongly associated with active H pylori infection (p = 0.000) and resolved after treatment of the infection. A negative association was present between gastro-oesophageal disease and the presence of cardiac glands in cardiac biopsies (p = 0.003). Pancreatic metaplasia was found in 15 of 65 and foveolar hyperplasia in 19 of 65 cases but neither was related to gastro-oesophageal disease. CONCLUSION:Intestinal metaplasia in the cardia is uncommon in gastro-oesophageal disease in the absence of H pylori infection. With chronic H pylori infection the junction between the cardia and corpus expands in a cardia-corpal direction.
Authors: M Voutilainen; M Färkkilä; M Juhola; K Nuorva; K Mauranen; T Mäntynen; I Kunnamo; J P Mecklin; P Sipponen Journal: Am J Gastroenterol Date: 1999-04 Impact factor: 10.864
Authors: Johan Johansson; Hans-Olof Håkansson; Lennart Mellblom; Antti Kempas; Gerhard Kjellén; Lars Brudin; Fredrik Granath; Karl-Erik Johansson; Olof Nyrén Journal: J Gastroenterol Date: 2009-12-15 Impact factor: 7.527
Authors: Nora I Schneider; Wolfgang Plieschnegger; Michael Geppert; Bernd Wigginghaus; Gabriele M Höss; Andreas Eherer; Eva-Maria Wolf; Peter Rehak; Michael Vieth; Cord Langner Journal: Virchows Arch Date: 2013-08-29 Impact factor: 4.064