A Current Clinical Overview of Atrophic Gastritis.

A Current Clinical Overview of Atrophic Gastritis. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Jan 17;: Authors: Annibale B, Esposito G, Lahner E Abstract SUMMARYIntroduction: Atrophic gastritis (AG) is a complex syndrome which arise as consequence of H. pylori infection or in the context of gastric autoimmunity. It often deserves a benign course, but may lead to potentially life-threatening complications: cancer and anaemia. This review aims to address traditional and innovative knowledge on this often under-diagnosed disorder.Areas covered: This review covers clinical presentation, risk factors, diagnosis and management of AG and provides an updated resource for clinicians to get insight in this challenging disorder. Updated literature was searched in PubMed. Manual search from reference lists of publications was performed.Expert Opinion: A case-finding strategy may be beneficial in individuals with anaemia, dyspepsia, autoimmune thyropaties and type 1 diabetes, family history of gastric cancer. AG is linked to gastric cancer risk and endoscopic surveillance is indicated according to topography of gastric atrophy and risk factors. The direction for future research in AG is summarized. PMID: 31951768 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol Source Type: research