prevalence of portal hypertensive gastropathy and duodenopathy in some Egyptian cirrhotic patients

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 and G III included 100 healthy individuals of comparable age and sex serving as a 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 and II with statistically significant difference when compared with the controls