Table II.
The diagnoses found in the total study cohort.
| Diagnosis | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Duodenal ulcer | 32 (20.5) |
| Gastric ulcer | 23 (14.7) |
| Mallory–Weiss tear | 19 (12.2) |
| Esophagitis | 15 (9.6) |
| Other1 | 12 (7.7) |
| Unexplained bleeding | 10 (6.4) |
| Vascular ectasia | 8 (5.1) |
| Gastric and duodenal ulcer | 7 (4.5) |
| Mucosal erosive disease | 7 (4.5) |
| Esophageal varices | 6 (3.8) |
| Ulcer on anastomosis | 5 (3.2) |
| Gastric cancer | 4 (2.6) |
| Esophageal ulcer | 4 (2.6) |
| GIST | 4 (2.6) |
| Total | 156 |
Abbreviation: GIST = gastrointestinal stroma tumor.
1Among the diagnoses in the group named “Other” were: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, portal hypertensive gastropathy, bleeding from the biliary tract caused by cancer invasion, bleeding after a biopsy, bleeding after a papillotomy, herpes esophagitis, bleeding after a partial gastroduodenostomy, Dieulafoy's lesion and a stoma ulcer. In three patients the lesions were unspecific.