The Upper Gastrointestinal Mucosal Lesion / 대한소화기내시경학회지

ABSTRACT

Clinical and endoscopic features on 86 patients with acute upper gastrointestinal mucosal lesien were evaluated. Males were predaminant about 3 times of female. Most of patients were in 4 th to 6 th decade. The prevalent locations were proximal part of the stomach and dodenal bulb. Most,freqent chief camplaints was epigastric pain. Eeloscopieally aoute ulcers were characterized by shallow in depth, variant size and shape, rather clear ulcer margin without mucosal fold eonvergence and multiple lesions rather than sigle. The inducing factors of the acute mucosal lesiona whiah were noted were alcohol, HCI, analgesics, herb drug, steroid, antibiotlies and orgaaie ipheephorus.