'Chronic duodenitis': a clinical pathological entity?

• DOI: 10.1136/gut.6.4.376
• Publication Date: 2007-09-18T21:41:31Z
• Authors: I T Beck; D S Kahn; M Lacerte; J Solymar; U Callegarini; M C Geokas
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Radiography; Duodenal Ulcer; Humans; Female; Gastric Acidity Determination; Duodenal Diseases; Dyspepsia; Middle Aged; Enteritis; 3. Good health

EDITORIALSYNOPSISThisisthefirst reported study correlating clinical, radiological, secretory, and histological dataindyspeptic patients. Patients withnormal radiographs butcomplaining ofulcer symptomsshowed similar inflammatory changes intheduodenum asdidpatients withduodenal ulcers withnormal levels ofacidsecretion. These studies addsupport totheconceptofadefinite clinical physiopathological entity, 'chronic duodenitis', butonlyfollow-up studies willshow