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The Accuracy of Endoscopic Diagnosis of Intestinal Metaplasia Compared to Histopathological Diagnosis
ISSN: 2687 - 5365
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The Accuracy of Endoscopic Diagnosis of Intestinal Metaplasia Compared to Histopathological Diagnosis
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ICC-1702
Publisher: International Journal Of Academic Medicine And Pharmacy Ne..
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IAA.ZONE/268771145365
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Abstract
Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a common gastric lesion that is considered premalignant. Our study aims to determine the relationship between normal white light endoscopy and histopathological IM diagnoses. This retrospective study evaluated the endoscopic prevalence and histopathological confirmation rate in 229 suspected IM patients among 3247 patients who underwent elective esophagogastroduodenoscopy between October 2016 and May 2020. All endoscopic processes were performed by the same clinical endoscopist. We analyzed and reviewed demographic data, endoscopic findings, and endoscopic biopsy pathology results of all patients obtained from medical records. The endoscopic prevalence of IM was 7.02. IM diagnosis was pathologically confirmed in 92.1% of the patients who were diagnosed with endoscopy. IM was more common in male patients (57.2%) than in female patients. Of the IM patients, 59% were aged ≥ 50 years, whereas 5.2% were aged...
