이헌영(Heon Young Lee),이병석(Byoung Seok Lee),서승원(Sung Won Seo),성재규(Jae Kyu Seong),이상우(Sang Oo Lee),이승민(Seung Min Lee),이경태(Keong Tae Lee),김석현(Seok Hyun Kim),김진희(Jin Hee Kim),김남재(Nam Jae Kim)
Abstract
Background/Aims: Various gastric and duodenal lesions with gastrofiberscopy were observed in patients with obstructive biliary disease. Methods: A clinical analysis of the endoscopic findings was carried out on 88 patients with obstructive biliary disease, from February 1994 to January 1998, in the department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital. Results: 1) In the 88 patients, sex distribution showed predominance in the males (47/41) and most of the cases involved those in their 60's. 2) The obstructive biliary diseases were included, common bile duct stones (53.4%), common bile duct cancer (18.2%), pancreatic cancer (18.2%), Klatskin tumor (4.5%) and common hepatic duct cancer (3.4%). 3) The gastroduodenal lesions involved in the obstructive biliary diseases were, erosive gastritis (22.7%), duodenal ulcer (8.0%), gastric ulcer (5.7%), and acute duodenitis (3.4%) in orders. Conclusions: Significant upper gastrointestinal lesions were found in obstructive biliary disease. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 19: 545∼549, 1999)