Prevalence of gastric or duodenal ulcer in patients with arteritis. 100 systematic fibroscopies
Bacourt, F.; Dupuy, P.; Vin, F.; Koskas, F.; Goëau-Brissonnière, O.
Presse Medicale 16(42): 2101-2104
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0755-4982 PMID: 2963282 Document Number: 292635
A 19% prevalence rate of gastric or duodenal ulcer was found by systematic fibroscopy in a population of 100 patients with lower limb arteritis hospitalized in a vascular surgery unit. This morbid association raises pathogenic problems which remain unsolved, but peptic ulcers were unevenly distributed throughout this population. Their prevalence was higher in patients under 50 years of age (P less than 0.05) and in those who had trophic disorders and occlusive lesions of digestive tract arteries or progressive coronary disease. Systematic fibroscopy may be justified in these categories of patients, since 7% of those with ulcer were asymptomatic.