Gastrik Intestinal Metaplazi Sıklığı ve Helikobakter Pilori ile İlişkisinin Belirlenmesi (original) (raw)

Aim: Gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a precancerous lesion in the pathway to gastric cancer. Helicobacter pylori (HP) is a bacterium that has been associated with an increase in the development of non-cardia gastric cancer and is involved in the development of gastric IM and atrophic gastritis. In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency of IM and its relationship with HP in patients undergoing endoscopic examination with the indication of dyspepsia. Material and Method: The study included 2530 patients who underwent upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy and had gastric biopsy at the Karadeniz Technical University Farabi Hospital Gastroenterology Clinic due to dyspepsia between January 2019 and January 2020. Demographic characteristics of the patients such as age and gender, biopsy findings (presence of IM, HP, atrophy, dysplasia) were evaluated retrospectively. Results: A total of 2530 cases, 1344 (53.1%) women and 1186 (46.9%) men, with a median age of 53 (18-93) ye...