[Changes in gastric and duodenal mucosa in patients with chronic diffuse liver diseases]

Comprehensive x-ray endoscopic and morphologic examinations of 182 patients with chronic diffuse diseases of the liver were carried out to detect changes in gastroduodenal mucosa and the incidence of these changes in this patient population. Pathologic shifts were revealed in 132 patients (72.6%); various morphologic forms of chronic gastritis were found in 67 (39%), erosions in 41 (23%), gastroduodenal ulcers in 24 (13%) of these. The incidence of the detected changes was in direct correlation with the stage of the underlying disease.