Peptic ulcer disease: Iraqi pattern

ABSTRACT

A retrospective study was performed on 131 patients with "chronic active peptic UIcer",97.7% had chronic active duodenal ulcer while 2.3% had chronic active gastric ulcer 75% were 20-40 years old, with a male female incidence of 3.31. Hunger and nocturnal epigastric pain were the most dependable symptoms in the diagnosis of duodenal ulcer. Ulcer crater on a barium meal roentgenogram was a direct sign of duodenal ulcer. Indirect or secondary radiological signs under went upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. An Iraqi pattern for peptic ulcer disease was identified with clear-cut variations from other patterns with possible explanations. A review of the Iiterature is undertaken