Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
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Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. · May 2010
Risk factors for progression to gastric neoplastic lesions in patients with atrophic gastritis.
Atrophic gastritis, involving the gastric body mucosa, predisposes to gastric neoplastic lesions (GNL). However, regular gastroscopic-histological follow-up for GNL is not recommended for patients with atrophic gastritis. ⋯ Atrophic pangastritis, severe body intestinal metaplasia and/or age over 50 years increase the risk for developing GNL in patients with atrophic gastritis. In this subset of patients, an endoscopic-histological follow-up for GNL surveillance may be worthwhile.