Table 1.
Benign | Malignant |
Peptic ulcer disease | Gastric cancer |
Caustic ingestion | Gastric lymphoma |
NSAID induced stricture | Pancreas cancer |
Bouveret syndrome | Duodenal cancer |
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis | Cholangiocarcinoma |
Iatrogenic | Gallbladder cancer |
Post-surgical scar or anastomosis stricture | Metastatic cancer |
Endoscopic submucosal dissection | |
Endoscopic mucosal resection | |
Inflammatory causes | |
Crohn’s disease | |
Pancreatitis | |
Inflammatory polyps | |
Infectious causes | |
Tuberculosis gastroenteritis | |
CMV gastroenteritis | |
Infiltrative causes | |
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis | |
Amyloidosis |
NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; CMV: Cytomegalovirus.