Various causes of dyspepsia: to determine organic and functional cause of dyspepsia.
- Author:
Kwang Hyun RYU
1
;
Young Ho KIM
;
Hee Jung SON
;
Poong Lyul RHEE
;
Kwang Chul KOH
;
Jae Jun KIM
;
Seung Woon PAIK
;
Jong Chul RHEE
;
Kyoo Wan CHOI
Author Information
1. Division of Gastroenterology, Samsung Medical Center College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Dyspepsia;
Functional dyspepsia;
Cause
- MeSH:
Barium;
Dyspepsia*;
Electrocardiography;
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal;
Esophagitis, Peptic;
Fatty Liver;
Female;
Gallstones;
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms;
Humans;
Male;
Mass Screening;
Peptic Ulcer;
Stomach Ulcer;
Ulcer;
Ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Motility
1998;4(2):112-117
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Dyspepsia is very common in the community. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of various causes of dyspepsia. METHODS: Two hundreds nine patient with dyspepsia were investigated. Basic laboratory screening, ECG, Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy or upper gastrointestinal barium study, upper abdominal ultrasound were performed in every dyspeptic patients. RESULTS: Functional dyspepsia was the cause of symptoms in 92.3%, peptic ulcer in 2.9% (duodenal ulcer in five patients, gastric ulcer in one patient), reflux esophagitis in 0.5%, esophageal ulcer in 0.5%. Of dyspeptic patients, gallstone was found in 1.4%, gastric submucosal tumor in 1.0%, fatty liver in 1.9% (two of four patients with fatty liver had elevated transaminase), upper gastrointestinal cancer in 0%. Of functional dyspepsia patients, women was 60.3%, men was 39.7%. CONCLUSIONS: The most common cause of dyspepsia was functional dyspepsia. Various causes of organic dyspepsia was peptic ulcer, reflux esophagitis, and esophageal ulcer.
