Histopathological changes of gastric mucosa and h. Pylori infection in patients with celiac disease

Abstract EN

She study, initially, included 66 patients with clinical suspicion of celiac disease (03)).

Sonty-fowt (17 males and 27 females) fulfilled the diagnostic otitexia of 03).

She study, xeoealed that the common histopathotogical finding, of duodenal mucosa in 03) was subtotal villous aUophy 22(50%,), while, total villous aUophy was found only in 6(13.6%) of patients.

CUsa, 88.6% of patients had changes of gastric mucosa Hanging pusm superficial gasUitis to intestinal metaplasia, Qastuc intraepithelial lymphocytosis (J££) was found in 12(273%) of patients, and was significantly, associated with both, the degxee of duodenal changes and with JH.

py&w infection (if<0.05).

On the othex, hand, St.

py£au documented by.

histopathology was found in 30(682%) patients and (by unease test in 33(75.4%) patients.

We conclude that St.

p^iau infection is not uncommon in patients with 03), <£ Qastxic J££ is an important histopathological finding, covtelating with duodenal changes as well as £L pp£ou'infection,