TITLE:
Profile of Endoscopic Lesions and Prevalence of H. pylori Infection at the Digestive Endoscopy Unit of Panzi General Reference Hospital in Bukavu
AUTHORS:
Nteranya Musole Adonis, Bwemere Mungwete Josue, Motcheyo Chepig Hyacinthe, Tchass Chasinga, Cimanya Cubaka Fortunat, Abedi Zalufa Marlène, Bihehe Masemo Dieudonné, Kasereka Kikwaya Jerry, Malamba Lez Didier, Vangossum Marc
KEYWORDS:
High Digestive Endoscopy, Lesion, H. pylori
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Gastroenterology,
Vol.11 No.11,
November
16,
2021
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Thanks to the opening of the digestive endoscopy unit in the Reference
General Hospital of Panzi in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
which inspired our work on the profile of endoscopic lesions observed in a
series of 1000 patients correlated with clinical and demographic criteria with the
contribution of pathology examinations of the 292 biopsies performed. The aim
of our work is to evaluate the prevalence of significant endoscopic lesions as
well as that of H. pylori infection. Material
and Methods: This is a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study,
ranging from the 16th of December 2014 to the 16th of
June 2016. It covered 1000 patients who benefited from a high digestive
endoscopy and 292 of them had a biopsy with pathological examination. The data
obtained were recorded and analyzed using the Epi-info software and chi-square
test. Results: fifty-five percent of these patients were women. 66% of
the patients were under 50 years of age. Their major symptom was epigastric pain (89.2%), the
most observed endoscopic lesion was erythematous gastritis (82%)
therefore we have noticed 21.5% of
significant lesions. Gastric cancer was present in 3.9% of cases and gastric
ulcer in 4.2% of cases. The gastric tumor was correlated with age and sex (P-value
at 0.000 and 0.013). The gastroduodenal ulcer was linked to age, NSAID and tobacco use (P-value at
0.0007, 0.001, 0.007). Esophageal mycosis was correlated with HIV status (P-value
at 0.000). Helicobacter pylori gastritis was the most frequent (61.30%) and Helicobacter pylori were present in 63% of gastric biopsies. Conclusion: Upper
digestive endoscopy is a major tool for the diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal
disorders and should always be followed by a biopsy if there is a suspicious
lesion for pathologic confirmation and adequate management.